After a delayed flight, the Adelhardt's arrived in Joseph a day later than scheduled...As if that wasn't bad enough, Pat either got a stomach bug or food poisoning and certainly didn't feel like visiting even with her best "Buddy."...Pat and I met as volunteers at Mule Days 2010, (we think) and although the "bond" wasn't immediate, our friendship was soon off and running...We met up to walk and talk, I invited her to the book group that I attended, then we found ourselves together in a memoir class and she started coming to "Write Group"...We continued as volunteers with Mule Days and soon we were tagged as "Bosom Buddies,"Two Peas in a Pod," or the "Bobbsey Twins"...She talked me into volunteering at the Josephy Center and we started attending other events together, yard saling was a favorite activity...Usually where you saw one of us, the other one wasn't far away...Although our lives were intertwined, we both had other friends and other interests, so we may have been Bosom Buddies, but we weren't joined at the hip...We could intermingle our friends and activities, no jealousy, no pettiness...We laughed and cried together.
Things began to change about 3 years ago, when P and B started spending more time back in Maryland (home to them for all of their marriage), than here in Wallowa County...Their son and grandson lived there, it was where they needed to be...Our friendship has changed to a long distance friendship, texting, FaceTime, phone calls and a short summer visit...So we will make the best of the time they are here, did a little yard saling yesterday and more maybe today...Much laughter, giggling, talking, listening, both of us keeping the tears at bay...By many standards our friendship was short lived, but to us it is a lifetime friendship, packed into a few years and will continue, although we are separated by the miles our hearts will never be very far apart...Hugs My Friend...OWAV:)
River Retreat.
Friends
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