Round the Block...

Today my son had to work and couldn't make it for his usual Sunday visit.  So after a little while here at home, Mom and I decided to just make a long, long drive and visit his place of work for our picnic supper...  After a quick check to discover the carnival had arrived in Bevier, we headed down O, north of town.  The roads were winding, calling us back, back...  We just followed that blacktop County Road to its end at J, and that actually took us only a few miles from Macon due to all the twists and turns...  To any traveler, we simply took the main road about ten miles...  there and back.  But we knew the difference.

Isn't that a bit like living?  To the naked eye, the many, we have gone only a few years on down the road, but in reality the twists and turns and miles and miles of dreams, words, hugs, and realities have made that journey much, much longer, and much richer for the experiences.  Wednesday I am meeting three high school friends.  Through the many several years since graduation we have come straight down that main road.  However, for each one of us there must have been an abundance of experiences, miles of family gatherings, long night vigils, ecstasy, and probably some agonies, as well.

During one lunch we cannot hope to catch up and become a part of all those past treasures of the heart.  But it will be fun to catch up a little and to try to recapture some of our thoughts about the four years we spent together.  One gal and I were also college roommates, and one girl and I also had all our elementary years together in a one-room country school in Excello...  Many miles indeed...

Mom and I picked up two sandwiches made by my son, and we concluded the afternoon at the Lake for one of our famed "car picnics"....  Ever the echo of the current weather, the lake was deep blue, framed by a bank of luscious clouds...

Have a wonderful week...  This is Bevier Homecoming's 80th Anniversary celebration...  I hope to be a part of a little of it...  The brunch begins it on Tuesday...