Note: This post contains NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, just Martinelli's
Last Friday night, Steve and I hosted a semi regular Christmas party for a group of friends that we have known since we were all newly married and having our first kids. It was an interesting night...so different from years past when we have had these get-togethers. For the first time I felt that we have all been through life's storms and tossed around a little to where we are no longer naive, yet still hopeful for good things to come. This evening had a particular soberness to it, in that one of our dear friends has recently been diagnosed with stomach cancer. As she shared with all of us some of the incredible spiritual experiences that have accompanied this illness, we were moved to tears and filled with optimism for her recovery. I don't think life has turned out exactly how any of us planned, but it's still good. Just different. Here's to good friends, and many more years of getting together!
