It's Friday afternoon and I'm wrapping up at the office and looking forward to a quick weekend roadtrip. I don't know why I like driving, but I do. When I'm alone, it gives me time to think and reflect. When I'm with someone, it's often a time for pure silliness or some deep conversations...whatever the occasion calls for.Today, I'll be driving 3.5 hours to the tiny southern town of Atkins, Arkansas and visiting with my aunt and uncle. This particular aunt, my "Aunt Becky" is my mother's younger sister, and she and I have always shared a very special bond. It's been about 4 years since we've been able to visit, which is way too long, so I am looking forward to it. Tomorrow morning, I will leave their house and drive to Yukon, OK to pick up my youngest daughter, Lindsey, and a friend of hers and bring them back. (They've been staying with a friend and her wonderful family for the last couple of weeks) We will stop in Atkins again on Saturday nite, and spend the nite once again with my aunt and uncle. On Sunday, we will head back to Marion, with a quick stop in Conway, to see Casie's new apartment.
It's alot of driving crammed into one weekend, but knowing I get to see my girls and my wonderful and wacky aunt (she is one of the funniest people I know) overshadows the driving part by far.
Today I am grateful for:
1. Aunt Becky.
2. Getting to see my Lindsey soon and having her back home... and grateful for the wonderful friends that she has spent time with. I tell my girls all the time that good friendships are worth nurturing.
3. Casie's new beginnings...her new apartment, her new roommate, the new semester she is about to begin. It's exciting watching her in young adulthood.
