Goodbye Until We See You Next Time......

The guys making sand art together.

Dear Joshua and Luke,

This has been a difficult last couple of weeks as you have been preparing for your best friends to move.  We have known it was coming for the last few weeks, but today was the day I know that we are all feeling sad, but we have to keep in mind that this is not a goodbye forever, but a goodbye just until we see you again.  And we will see these friends again.  I am sure of that.  We will visit these friends and I am certain they will come here too.   I am sure that you will write letters, Skype, and I am sure that you will be friends for the rest of your lives.  








Best Buddies!

Joshua met his friend, Ashton, in kindergarten.  Ashton moved in a little after the year began.  But they were instantly buddies.  One major thing they had in common was that they were both allergic to peanuts!  So they sat together at lunch every day and played together most of the time during recess.  They have played at each other's houses so many times we have lost count.  It just so happened that Ashton had a little brother, Levi, who was perfect for Luke. All four boys played together most of the time.  My boys always wanted to go to their house or have them over here.  It was fun to do things with their parents, too. We all got along, and it was fun doing things together with them.









Levi and Luke watrching a movie together.


Tonight after they left, Luke said, "I wish we never would have met them.". In his mind, I am sure that seemed like a better option than to feel the pain of a friend moving away, but I explained to him.....if we had never met them, our life the last two years would have been really different.  Joshua was especially sad at school this week.  Eating lunch at the peanut-free table was not quite the same.   But each day is getting a little better, and we are hoping to Skype really soon!  Luke is having a little more difficult time.  He says he is going to walk to their new house, which is hundreds of miles away!  He misses them so  much, too.  I continue to explain them that I understand.  Their mommy, my friend, moved away, too. 
So yet another lesson in life.  Friends do come in and out of your life.  And you have different friends at different stages of your life.  But some friends are keepers!  And I hope that these are friends that we will have for the rest of our lives, whether they are near or far away.  With Facebook, Skype, road trips, email, and phones - I think we will have lifelong friendships here.  And I do think we will be able to visit them from time to time.




One of their favorite things - making crafts!

I do wish that I could take away your sadness right now.  But I also know that you will get through this, and you will be OK.  In fact, I think our life has been blessed by knowing them, and getting the opportunity to live near them, and getting to know them as long as we did.

I love you both way more today than I did yesterday.

Love,
Mama