My husband had to work yesterday (Saturday). He doesn't usually work on Saturdays but he had decided to try to create (as in design) and make a custom concrete mantle and posts for some clients. He took a long time making forms, pouring, then sanding and just getting it all ready over the last couple months. Together everything was about nine hundred pounds and so this was an intense undertaking. Yesterday he installed it. When he got home it was about four in the afternoon and I asked him if he wanted to go to Lumby. I had heard a friend of mine that I used to work with a few years back had just opened a coffee shop there fulfilling a huge dream. I was so excited for him and I wanted to go visit!!! Well I am not a spontaneous person at all (so much so that I have no clue how to even spell the word)! I like to plan and organize and budget before we do anything.My husband is the opposite though. So when my pearl of a sister was willing to watch my two middle children and Nana was willing to watch my oldest (and this all came together in about five minutes) and the baby comes with me everywhere we literally threw some clothes in a bag and left!
The drive was magnificent. We live in such splendor in this corner of the world. I took my camera and took lots of crooked pictures :) So thankful for digital as I am a slow learner with this new camera! We slept in Vernon then in the morning we went to Lumby. It is a tiny beautiful town. We loved it and we loved the coffee shop. It was so cozy and wonderful. The purpose of it is for people to connect and be together. The whole time we were there people were doing just that. My friend dreamed a dream and he and his family have worked so hard to make it come to reality. I was so incredibly impressed by his accomplishments. So proud of him for this dream come true. I think the people of Lumby are very very blessed. It was such a great time for my husband and I. We have been tired and scrappy lately and this time away helped us remember some good things about each other. We laughed a lot and everyone (the children and caregivers) survived. It was just wonderful :)
This made me bawl. You and drew were the happiest couple and I remember looking at you two and seeing the possibility of a good marriage. I'm so glad you got away to laugh and bond and I prayed for so much more of these special times for you as a couple and also you as a family unit. You've been through so much and God is faithful and he always provides. A toast to many more spontaneous trips and lots of laughter! God bless you!
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