A lifelong gift from God...

Last week one of my best friends and her sweet kiddos came to visit! We had so much fun and the kids really enjoyed each other! I try my hardest all the time to get them back to Lindale...John you know you want to come back! I met Becca the year we moved to Lindale. Her and her husband had moved here about the same time we did. I met both of them at the new teacher breakfast for LISD. We were all new teachers to the district. I was going to be teaching 1st grade, Becca was going to be teaching 2nd grade and John was going to be at the High School. We enjoyed breakfast that morning and then set off for our meetings. Becca and I talked some after the school year began but really got to know each other later that year. You see her husband John found out in November that he was going to be shipped over seas because he was in the National Guard. As expected Becca was having a pretty tough time with this as any of us would. They both grew up in Louisiana and had moved to Lindale after getting married and getting jobs in LISD. So now not only was she in a new place but her husband was leaving and her family was in another state. It hadn't been long after John had left and Becca was trying to adjust to being on her own that I was talking to our sweet counselor one day at school. We were talking about Becca and how hard things must be...I couldn't imagine what she was going through. I was having a hard time adjusting to a new place and my husband was home with me. I had told Becca to call me if she needed anything but Mrs. Rouse quickly reminded me that people had told me that when I got here and she asked me how many had I called....of course my answer was none! So she told me to go to her house that night...I have to say that it is so not my character to just show up at someones house but I knew I couldn't go back to work the next day and tell her I didn't go. So...much to my surprise I found that she lived right around the corner from me. She wasn't feeling well so I just went in her house and sat down and started watching TV with her. The next night we went to dinner...and that is when it all began! Becca was and still is such a blessing in my life! I LOVE her so much! Even though we don't see each other as often as we would like we always have a great time together when we do. It is so fun to see our kids growing up with each other...Taegan LOVES Max and Landry and ask all the time if they can come play at her house...Oh how I wish this could be a daily occurrence!