There are few friends, even family in life, who will give so fully, openly, and avail themselves to another person. I have always known persons like this existed… somewhere, and would perhaps, at the right moment in time would find a way to connect with me…

Perhaps it's like that fairy tale ending many are all looking for...... I wonder why some seasons of heartache happen and in appointed and "anointed" times. It seems as if there is little to gain and a balance to each one, as King Solomon so wisely said.

Even as I bear my share of burdens, I know that "He has made everything beautiful in its time..... and I cannot even fathom the beginning from the end. He has set eternity in my heart...." causing me to continue to believe for the beautiful, the better, and the bounty to come.

I invited my two favorite friends, the Bob's from the HB office, to coffee today:) We talked politics, purpose, business, and history for two hours. I think we learn a lot from each other:) I know I do. I'm able to be myself, as open and honest as I'm able to in the South Bay:)
I was also introduced to newly elected David Hadley, who will represent the 450,000 who live in the South Bay area. I think we could've chatted for a few hours:)

Thanks to my closest confidant, Logan and I will be arriving a day earlier than planned back in Pennsylvania! Logan's ready for some cold weather and snow:) And thankfully, Austin will be coming home Thanksgiving morning to join us. He hasn't been back since February 2014, and his visit is much needed...............

I ask myself if I am the kind of person who freely gives, even when I feel I have nothing left to give. I recognize a lot has been taken from me, which is the easiest to focus on and is my human nature, but I want to transcend those times.

Somehow in this season of new found joys, I hope for my wells to overflow.......