A Rare Find

We just got out Reader's Digest in the mail and, as usual, I read all the funny articles first such as "All in a Day's Work" and "Humor in Uniform". Then, as I was flipping through the articles, there was a comment or saying that the magazine will often put at the bottom of the page. This one caught my eye. It said, "The reason we have families is so we meet people we would never ordinarily meet."

I thought this is so true. Recently, I made a new friend. Now you have to understand, I do not make friends easily and have not made once since I had my first child and spent most of my days home. I did make an effort to make friends when she went to school and started kindergarten. I was determined to make small talk with the first parent I met while I was waiting for my daughter to get out of school the first day.

I spotted a parent as soon as I got to the blacktop...she and I were the first ones there. I made small talk and she answered but that is as far as it went. I am sure she was wary because I use a white cane since I have a sight problem. Plus, I was probably coming across as overly friendly. I still see her at school functions but it is a "Hi, how are you" and then we are on our way.

So, I decided maybe I should not try too hard and of course, that meant, do not try at all so I dropped the effort.

Then, ten years later, my son is going to preschool. My husband and I were hoping to find someone to carpool since I do not drive. He could take the kids, and hopefully we would meet someone else who could pick the kids up. So, we got to the first parent meet and greet and as the evening draws to an end, we are feeling like there is no hope. We looked at the addresses of the other families and they either lived too far away or we were not familiar with the street location.

Finally, my husband says he was approached by someone who wants to carpool! I jump for joy, we exchange information and decide we wiil carpool. Later, she offers to pick me up on the way to pick up my son so he has someone there rather than someone else's mother. I happily agree (anything to get out of the house).

Three days a week we talked about all kinds of things on our trips to the preschool and became very close. When my son was stuggling in class, she was so supportive and told me all the things her kids had done.

When school ended a month ago, I wondered if she would still want to get together and go for walks. She is a very busy mom with four kids. I lucked out, she wants to go for walks, too, so whenever we get the chance we go for a walk and keep in touch.

And to think we never would have met had it not been for the kids.

Have a good one!

Oh yeah, for those who want to post your weight loss for Tuesday, go ahead since I probably won't blog until late tomorrow or eveb Wednesday. Some of you are doing so well!!! I am going to say I gained 50 pounds so next week I can say I lost that much or at least close to it.

Ok. NOW have a good one.