Celebrating Sara

Seems like I spend a lot of time during the summer seeing old friends from far away. This is not a bad thing, but it means that sometimes I am not around home to spend time with my tried and true friends. I am trying to find a balance and still be productive in something other than just visiting.

My friend Sara had a birthday last week so I wanted to make sure that I got to celebrate with her soon after the actual day. Sometimes it stinks to have a birthday in the summer because your friends are often away and you get forgotten. It had to be worse to be a kid with a summer birthday because there were no cupcakes brought to school for you, or birthday parties with your whole class.  

At least now with Facebook your friends can wish you happy birthday on the real day. I was happy that Sara was free for us to go to lunch on a day I was home. True to her humble self when I asked her where she wanted to go she did not pick someplace fancy or extravagant, but instead just picked Foster’s Market. I asked her multiple times if that was where she really wanted to go, not that it is not good, but because no one would wait on her there.

With a simple sandwich and an ice tea we got to catch up on all the goings on. After lunch I got to visit with her grown daughters who both happen to be home. Even with a three plus hour visit I don’t think we actually caught up.  

I got to thinking about how hard it is to keep up with those we love. Yes, facebook gives us way more information than we ever used to have about our friends, but there is nothing like that face-to-face time to have real conversations, tell stories and be truly connected. The more I visit with my friends the more I want to see them and see ones I am missing. I guess there is not enough time in the year to spend time with the people we love, especially one-on-one. Today, I am just thankful that I got to celebrate Sara.