Three Friends

My junior year of college...I met two freshmen and quickly developed a soft spot for them and the crazy messes that they were! And somehow I pulled my BFF Aimee along for the ride. These two freshmen were the sweetest, kindest and craziest kids I had ever met. I will never forget on my 21st birthday the pair made me a mix tape (kind of like a compilation CD for you youngins out there!) that made me cry. The two pledged our sorority and were a lot of fun to be around, even when they did need Aimee and I to rescue them!
However they didn't return for the sophomore year and so they were absent during my last year of college. We lost touch with them, but I often fondly thought of the twosome.
Years later, one of these friends re-entered the canvas of my life. She had gotten married and was living in Hawaii. It was a hoot. Sadly we lost touch again but through facebook reconnect last year. I was still waiting for a court date and had mentioned a daughter in one of my updates...she sent me an e-mail asking for "Details, honey!!" I filled her in on my adoption journey and then sent me an e-mail that shockingly stated that she was just finishing her home study and working on her dossier to adopt an infant from....ETHIOPIA!!!
This week my friend leaves to go pick up her gorgeous new son.
And while it may not seem too big to anyone else...I still stand in awe that three women from three seperate towns attended a small liberal arts school with 700 people, pledged the same floundering sorority and years later would follow the same path to motherhood by traveling to a land far, far away! I further stand amazed that through all of this God is not surprised...He knew when we met (before we met) what paths our lives would take and how that young, crazy friendship would someday grow even thicker roots of support and encouragement just when we needed it most.
So safe travels my friend! You're going to love Ethiopia! And your new baby boy is going to love you!