You come too.

 
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;

I'll only stop to rake the leaves away

(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):

I shan't be gone long.--You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf

That's standing by the mother. It's so young

It totters when she licks it with her tongue.

I shan't be gone long.--You come too.

-Robert Frost, "The Pasture"

Doing life together is my favorite favorite thing.
 I love these girls and how much we do share, each other's stories, joys, burdens, even over cell phones across states and time zones.

Their visit was such a gift because we got to be together for life for five days; because we got to sit and talk for hours, sharing those stories, joys, and burdens in person.

And I am so grateful that they shared in some of the places and people that make up my home here. 

On the phone today:

"Hey, where are you? OMIGOSH I CAN PICTURE IT!!" -Christine

I love: seeing these life friends in places that have become special to me.

 

I love: sharing the wonder of Newberg's beauty with them.

I love: seeing them get to know people who have loved me here.

I love: us just getting to be together.