July 12, 2014
My Instead: I made the
trip to a friend's place in Farmington, Missouri for a pool party instead of her always
coming to St. Louis.
I had made plans to have
a couple, Barb and Tom, over to my house for dinner on the 12th.
Then my friend Annette contacted me a week or so later inviting me to her pool
party. I extended my apologies saying I had already made dinner plans with
other friends. Then time kept nibbling at my conscience: Annette always comes
to the St. Louis area which is well over an hour’s drive to be with friends, me
included. Now she’s having a party for all of us to go to her and I can’t go?
I’m usually not a plan
breaker, but I called Barb and explained the tumult I was feeling about being
pulled in two different directions. I wanted to entertain them, especially after
our friendship’s long hiatus, but I also wanted to make the long trek to
Farmington and be there for Annette. Barb understood immediately and said that
a postponement was no problem. Whooh!
I got to Annette’s
around 3 o’clock in the afternoon because I had some things to get accomplished
before I could even enjoy some fun. That be me! And fun we had! There were four
of us and a fifth came later, Annette’s neighbor. The dynamics were sublime. I
searched for the perfect word and “sublime” was it!
We ate, we played in the
water, we talked and laughed, we did angel card readings, and we watched as the
“super moon” rose over the tree line. We bathed in its glow. It was “Eat, Pray,
Love” all over again! It was a day filled with sharing of ourselves, our pasts,
our thoughts, our feelings, our humors, our fears. Face-to-face! There was no
technology interrupting what we had going. And there was no drunkenness, just our
laid-back banter. And we savored.
I am so thankful that I made
that change of plans.
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