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One Special Afternoon

April 11, 2012 By Carole

A couple of months ago I got an email from Margene that thrilled me. She said she was coming east for a family gathering on Smith’s side and that she wanted to see me while she was here. I quickly realized she was talking about Easter weekend and I immediately told my family that if the only day we could meet up turned out to be Easter Sunday then they would just have to make their own damn dinner. Heh.

As it turned out, Margene had a very small window of availability last Friday afternoon. Plans were made to gather at Terry’s house since Margene had to be in that area for her other commitments anyway, and Terry happens to be sort of in the middle for Kim and I. We had a wonderful mini-reunion of our September 2007 trip to Salt Lake City that also included, at the last minute, another frequent Utah traveler, Laurie.

We ate yummy food and chatted and knit. We laughed and told stories and reminisced of our trips out west. Best of all was that Dale finally got to meet Smith, something I’ve been wanting to happen since the first time I visited Margene in June of 2006. They hit it off as well as I knew they would and made grand plans for a visit to Yellowstone together.

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again – the friendships I have made since starting this blog are amazing. Kim, Terry and  I are in contact all the time, ever since bonding on that trip together. And even though Margene lives over 2,000 miles away we still talk frequently, email daily, and text regularly. We have worked on building a friendship that lasts despite distance and that grows despite busy lives.

Getting together in person every couple of years, though, that’s the gravy.

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  1. Kym says

    April 11, 2012 at 6:53 am

    Such fun! So glad you all got to be together. Blog friends are such a wonderful gift. 🙂

  2. Jo-Ann says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:02 am

    What a wonderful testament to friendship! So glad you all enjoyed your time together 🙂

  3. Ruth says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Yay for good friends! Glad you were able to get together.

  4. Beverly says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:26 am

    How great that you all got to see each other!!

  5. Marilyn says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:45 am

    Sweet! Isn’t it amazing the friendships that are created and sustained by the internet and cell phones! 😀

  6. margene says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:59 am

    Blogland has been berry, berry good to us! Thank you for being a part of my daily life and for your friendship! The afternoon was another magical moment of friendship!

  7. Maryse says

    April 11, 2012 at 8:12 am

    Hi margene!!!

  8. jill says

    April 11, 2012 at 8:14 am

    Ah, how I’d love me some gravy! Happy day, Carole!

  9. Patty says

    April 11, 2012 at 8:32 am

    How fun! Love this blog world!

  10. Knitnana says

    April 11, 2012 at 9:07 am

    How wonderful!!! You all look Mah-ve-lus! So glad everything worked out so you could get together.

    And I know what you mean, even the relationships with people I’ve met one town over make the blog one of my best mechanisms for making new friends!!
    (((hugs)))

  11. Vicki says

    April 11, 2012 at 9:24 am

    And such good gravy it is!!! ; ) I’m so happy you were able to get together.

  12. Cheryl S. says

    April 11, 2012 at 9:50 am

    Awesome! Too bad it had to be such a short visit for you all.

  13. Donna says

    April 11, 2012 at 10:39 am

    Aww – that is wonderful that you all got to meet up for a while. I love how this knitting/internet thing has forged so many great friendships.

  14. Hillary says

    April 11, 2012 at 11:12 am

    Happy to hear that you had such a nice visit even if it was a short one. Someday I hope to meet Margene in person. I bet I’ll love her just as much as I love you. The people you meet over the internet really can be wonderful.

  15. Manise says

    April 11, 2012 at 11:37 am

    What a beautiful photo! So glad you all had such a wonderful time!

  16. Joy says

    April 11, 2012 at 11:44 am

    Truly a very special time – how wonderful that you were able to get together! So far I’ve only been able to meet just a few blog friends, but hope to meet more in the future :^)

  17. Laurie says

    April 11, 2012 at 11:45 am

    It was quite something. Bless blogs for facilitating all of this, and more.
    You and the ladies are da bomb.

  18. amanda {the habit of being} says

    April 11, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    such good gravy! so glad y’all were able to have enough time together to relax, chat, and knit.

  19. bloglesssharon says

    April 11, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    good friends are truly a blessing

  20. elizabeth says

    April 11, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    I *love* that picture! It’s excellent of all of you!!!

  21. grace says

    April 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    beautiful photos, I have only been lucky enough to meet one blog friend for real so far but we couldn’t be closer if we tried, some day I hope to meet many others!!!!

  22. Geri says

    April 11, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    Amazing on distance and time never fades a good friendship! Wonderful picture of you all to commemorate a wonderful day!

  23. Doris says

    April 11, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    That sounds like such fun! I am glad you had the chance to get together. That is a great photo.

  24. Kathy says

    April 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm

    Fantastic!!! And that’s a great picture — love those girls!!

  25. Jo says

    April 11, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    I saw pix of that fun group on Laurie’s blog and on yours…what fun! My sis and I are headed for the hills tomorrow for a knitting weekend…can’t wait!

  26. Kathy B says

    April 11, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    pretend friends meeting up for real is such a blessing

  27. Ann in the UP says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:09 pm

    I love that you all were able to be together and that you shared the photograph with us. What great fun our blogland friends are to us!

  28. Helen says

    April 11, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    What a great photo! You all look so happy. It is awesome that the husband’s bonded.

  29. Trista says

    April 12, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    This is so sweet- and in my mind, it’s proof that the world is a wonderful place! I have enjoyed your blog and Margene’s blog so much in the last several years and feel I’ve gotten to know you both a little bit. I applaud you both for putting so much of yourselves out there and entertaining and informing us!

  30. gale (she shoots sheep shots) says

    April 13, 2012 at 8:55 am

    So cool! Those smiles say it all.

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