1 Month Anniversary

We have been away from our lovely Vienna home for 1 month now...


We miss our dear friends, our good neighbors, and our wonderful family.  

Author: JOSEPH PARRY

MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT KEEP THE OLD;
THOSE ARE SILVER, THESE ARE GOLD.
NEW-MADE FRIENDSHIPS, LIKE NEW WINE,
AGE WILL MELLOW AND REFINE.
FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST
TIME AND CHANGE ARE SURELY BEST;
BROW MAY WRINKLE, HAIR GROW GRAY,
FRIENDSHIP NEVER KNOWS DECAY.
FOR 'MID OLD FRIENDS TRIED AND TRUE,
ONCE MORE WE OUR YOUTH RENEW.
BUT OLD FRIENDS, ALAS MAY DIE,
NEW FRIENDS MUST THEIR PLACE SUPPLY.
CHERISH FRIENDSHIP IN YOUR BREAST
NEW IS GOOD, BUT OLD IS BEST;
MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT KEEP THE OLD;
THOSE ARE SILVER, THESE ARE GOLD.

We love our new friends, our new neighbors, and our new Embassy family.  


Soon these new friends, neighbors and family will be the 'old' and we will be off to make other 'new' acquaintances.  Such is the life of the nomad.


After one month away from our home for the last 3 years, we are struck with how much we have loved our experience in VA, and Boston, and Orem.  Each stop-over has allowed us growth, friendship, and 'mellowing' of sorts.


For those who will follow this blog, I hope you know that as I write about friends, family and loved ones; I am actually picturing YOU in my head. Honestly, from those in Boston, to Vienna, to Utah. I have your faces flash through my mind and tug at my heart as I think about how much I love you.  I am writing this in the wee hours of a Saturday morning and thinking of you!  Most blogs are all: me, me, me but I am writing to let you, you, and YOU know; I love you!