tea with a side of tales

a small shriek of joy sneaks out as i realize my old friends have walked through the door. so much of the past months bubble up inside me & i feel mixed emotions as i think of the lack of sharing done between those old friends and i. i claim i just needed time to grow as a person fulfilling new life duties, but truth says i'm just a friend that locked herself behind her house door alone because it felt easier then pushing through the life emotions and sharing the raw truths and happy times even when the words are jumbled. 

as we grab our cups of tea and settle into the soft chairs available the old friends ask, " so what has happened in your life, tif?" o where do i begin. . . . 

well, you know i got married last year. can you believe its already been a year? everyday since i have spent with my bestfriend. learning to live together. laughing and crying and buying couches like adults do. and i've been fumbling around in the kitchen with new recipes because those old recipes have started to get a little stale. with enough practice i think i've mastered chocolate chip cookies in ohio. its harder then one imagines.  i've learned how to grocery shop. sort of. it takes some trial and errror to find the things we love and on that journey i found some items that never should have left the store. and i had lots of those moments when i looked down at my hands chopping up peppers and wondered how i was here. cooking for a husband. i do feel rather underqualified for this position still. but as the year went by its started to feel more natural.

o & friend so many more fun things have happened. we went to my bc home in august to watch maddy marry her jared under the beautiful bc sky. one of the most magical events with bouquets of all your pastel whimsical dreams and a very happy couple. we rushed back to ohio to drive our little car to todd and kassidy's wedding in mississippi. o precious that day was & i couldn't wait for them to get to kidron so i could learn to know kassidy. she is a fun human to know i have since found out. during all of this adventure i had been employed at a local cafe. just a quick 2 minute drive from the house and a perfect little place to learn to know the people of this town. i soon realized that working with food was just not my favourite so i bid them farewell at the end of november. i felt a bit like a failure only working there for a few months but i have come to realize that life really isn't that serious. it was just. a. job. 

in september we were test driving a little tacoma pickup & on the way back to make a little deal we found ourselves getting close and personal with a car that decided to roll a stop sign in front of us. we walked away with no injuries but soreness. the passenger of the other car was thrown and we found out later had a bad concussion.. Praise Jesus we were all safe. the very calm apple sauce day had taken a rather traumatic turn. 

and we went camping. TWICE. first we went with these cool friends we have in kidron. and then a few weekends later with our precious people from close here. both trips were exceptionally awesome. memories were made and o the Lord has blessed us with GOOD PEOPLE. 

i felt virtuous and tried my hand at hot sauce. its actually good & it was fun to make. maybe it was fun because mom in law supplied the peppers and then a kind co-worker offered me free tomatoes from their huge amish garden. 

should we pause a little and just sip our tea? i sure have had a lot to say. we sit in silence my old friend and i. sipping on tea that feels less warm then it should be. 

we experienced people going to heaven. & people gathering to lay them to rest. i thought alot about heaven those days. there were a few more weddings to attend. and i had a birthday where new friends made me feel special & less lonely. my momma was in southern at johny's helping out since bence had entered the world so i felt pretty lucky to have her in ohio for that day. we drove there for supper and spent the night. bence was a fun little fellow to cuddle.

i think i'm near through friend. the end of it all is quite a blur. could that be more reason why we haven't met in so long? there was family that came to lay family to rest. and it happened over thanksgiving where we ate far to much as memories were shared. and a dear friend caroline who is caring a child needed a little baby sprinkle before they left us for another place. so we decorated the mantle and made us some scones and a small little assembly gathered. my little house felt nice that day as people came and gathered round. i thought that day that maybe this should happen more. parties with scones at 10:30 that is.  

o friend. it had been to long. i never wanted to stop meeting for tea. so please lets meet again.

next time sooner.