Monday, March 4, 2013

Saying Goodbye is NOT easy!

 So, after traveling through Georgia and Florida and 3 months of memory-making sweetness, the time to say goodbye finally came. :(


The Harper's have quite the drive ahead of them; Victoria, British Columbia, is only a couple of thousand miles away.....


So, we decided to let go of them, so they could go back home. ;)



We enjoyed our last buffet meal together at Cici's Pizza, thanks Scott!, and gave them a collage picture, sharing some of the memories and a plaque.


The kids laughed about fun times and talked about the future times we will share.



And, there were tears shed. :(  We have grown from strangers, to friends, to family.



I thank the Lord for blessing my family with such great friends.  They love us for who we are and encourage us from where we are at in life.  There is no jealousy, no competition, no hurt.  Just honest acceptance and genuine friendship.


We miss you Harper family and look forward to many more memories in the future!!


Blessings,
Steph

4 comments:

  1. Aahhh - you guys are amazing and we love you so much! We know we will meet again and are looking forward to it already! We miss you all so much and will continue to pray for you.

    LOTS of love and hugs
    The Harper's

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  2. We so enjoyed meeting the Harpers- I can understand how difficult it must have been to say goodbye:( (It was hard for us to say good-bye to you when we moved! We love y'all!) You are both two AMAZING families and we are so glad to call you friends! We hope to meet up again sometime down the road...both families! Praying God's richest blessings and protection over you and the Harpers as you travel!!!

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  3. Hey Goldens!!
    I had such a blast with you guys these past few months!! I'm so glad we got to meet up with you again this year and I will always treasure the awesome memories we made together.
    Miss you guys lots!!
    Love, Jessie

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  4. LOVE your newest header picture with all of you lined up with your jeans and t's on the beach, fantastic colors too! I just looked at my blog and saw you left me a comment. No, I haven't blogged in a long time. It's because I'm really not in a good place and like my blog to be positive. I am having a lot of neck pain, going through a slew of Dr. appointments, specialists, Physical Therapy, and probably neck surgery. I promise to pick it up again after I'm feeling well. Thanks for caring.....

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