Sallie and Diana
Ryan with our friends Mark and Marganne.
The neighborhood gang...Cindy, me, Pat, Marla and Jeannie..Marganne had left already.
Austin, Josh Helmreich and Robert
My Tres Dias girlfriends...Pat, Kathy, Candy, Carol and meAfter 60 days back in the US, we returned to Abu Dhabi. I'm still thinking about everything we did this summer and for me, I can sum it up in one word: Reunions.
In June we had our reunion with Hildebrands at our nephew Kent's wedding and Mom Hildebrand's birthday party. Thru out the summer I was blessed to see so many friends. From Austin,, with my dear college friend Kim, and my terrific son Russell, to El Paso where I saw my sister and Adrian as well as my oldest friend Sandy and her sister who joined me there. Back in Dallas my girlfriends from my old neighborhood gathered for the first time in 3 years and we spent two nights together talking nonstop. There was Ryan's graduation party where many of our friends gathered to celebrate with us. And everyday I was reunited with old friends. It was a wonderful two months! Naturally, staying with the Fords was a great reunion! It takes some special people to open their home to guests for two months, especially as they had only been in the US for three weeks themselves. We all had so much fun together.
Now we are back in Abu Dhabi. It was hard to leave all my friends. It was hard to leave my two babies..ok, college boys, back on another continent. It was hard to leave the mild Texas weather and the mild days in the Ford's backyard pool. But all that being said..It's been wonderful being
reunited with Mike. He was waiting for us at the airport and it is great being together again.
So now I am back to blogging...
Hope you all had a wonderful summer, too!!
