Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Well you were witnesses to my arrival on Thursday evening in Florida. but here is what you did not see. My friend and I spent a few minutes making plans for the next day. There was shopping to do and lots of food prep to get ready for the wedding. I rested for a bit after my long car ride and then sent myself off to bed. The next morning we headed off to the ever faithful Wal-Mart for the necessary food stuffs. We returned home with our car packed to the brim. I spent the next few hours washing, chopping, peeling and assembling the necessary veggie trays, fruit trays and other array of wedding foods for the next day. The mother of the groom was to arrive in a few hours to make preparations for the rehearsal dinner and since I was already ensconced in the kitchen I pitched in a helping hand. Between the two of us we made short work of the dinner. Aside from a small fire in the oven which burned itself out in short order, it I'm sure will be one of the more humorous stories of the re...

Well I returned from Savannah and got to unpack temporarily, do some laundry and then repack and hit the road again. I would love to say that this second trip was going to be for rest and relaxation, however I am sure that after everything is said and done I will return home with sore feet and a kink in my back. One of my oldest and dearest friends daughters is getting married. She and I were expecting at the very same time. Me with my first and her with her second. My son was born and then eight days later her daughter was born. Although our children are not BFF's they have been part of each other lives since they day they were born. The BFF's DD wanted to get married at the family beach house in Cape San Blas Florida. The wedding was going to be on the beach and the reception to follow at a larger house just down the street from my BFF's parents home. Now let me just state up front that what I am about to share with you is public and common knowledge. My very dear friend ...