They didn’t know she was coming.

From Texas.

Her husband had helped him land his first job after his medical training and he was forever grateful for that, but all these years later with her on a solo weekend trip, he didn’t recognize her immediately when we all sat down together in church behind him–till she saw him and exclaimed over him. That caught his attention. The sudden joy! Joining him a few minutes later, his wife (who recognized her immediately) threw her arms around her.

Old friends. Old, dear friends meeting again after all these years. My sister-in-law had flown out to see our mutual niece and her baby. And us.

And them.