Tonight I had dinner with my niece and her husband. They’re on their honeymoon and are having a whale of a time, relishing new experiences full of energy and zest for life together. In contrast, my husband and I are more sedate, enjoying revisiting our destination after an absence of over 20 years, and taking things slightly easier, wilting a little in the steaminess of a Vietnam summer heatwave.
It seems strange to meet up so far from home, in such an exotic destination. The fact we are in the same town on the same day was entirely unplanned, but very welcome. They’ve both individually experienced tragedy and loss. We’re celebrating a major birthday, but might have been doing it another way if things had worked out differently. We never know where life will take us.
how sweet that you were able to spend time together in an exotic location far from home.
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How great is this?
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That’s so cool to be able to meet up & spend time together so far from your usual surrounding! I’m trying to think if anything similar has ever happened to me. The only thing I can remember is about 30 years ago, we went to Minneapolis to visit my uncle, and all of us drove to a small town about an hour north of there for my mom’s cousin’s daughter’s wedding reception. We found out another of my mom’s cousins, who lives in Seattle, was in the city, and we invited him to come along with us. It wasn’t a very formal wedding (the more the merrier, lol) & the bride’s dad was tickled he came… it wound up being a mini-family reunion!
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