so long

Growing up as a nomad I can't tell you any of the kids I went to kindergarten or grade school with. Life for me was on a 2-3 year rotation till about highschool. Some military families end up following each other or crossing paths again at some point or another during their mom/dad's careers. The Ds and my family did just this over the years. Their daughter and I call each other our oldest and dearest friends. Our families met while stationed in NYC, family vacationed together while stationed at different posts in Europe, and had summer BBQs in VA where we found ourselves living close to each other again after more than a decade. I even lived with Mr and Mrs D my last semester of grad school while doing an internship in Louisville. The Ds are closer to me than some of my own family and we easily pick up where we've last left off. Mr. and Mrs D ended up moving to Austin a couple of years ago and I've been living here for a little over a year myself. They moved today to go back to the East Coast. They're going to be greatly missed, but am confident our paths will cross again.