Martha

Martha my dear, this post is long overdue.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!


My friend Martha. I can still remember the first day I met her. It was the beginning of September here in Abilene 2004. I was brand new to the town. It was my first wives meeting in our new squadron. At one point in the night we were all sitting around chatting. Somehow the conversation turned to children and chicken pox. I stated that I was going to try and get my son exposed naturally instead of giving him the shot. Immediately one lady spoke up chastising my opinion. She thought that it was reckless and that vaccines were perfectly safe blah blah blah. She told all of us that she was a nurse (as if that somehow gave more credibility to her opinion over mine) and that I really didn't know what the heck I was talking about. I had no response. I understood that my opinion was different from most and by now I was very used to getting my ideas shot down. (side note: somehow that has never stopped me from sharing my ideas/opinions... slow learner I guess). But then, something happened. A girl I did not know spoke up, she countered the nurses opinion and supported my idea. Her name was Martha.

Martha and I did not become fast friends. I was a stay at home mom, she was a professional working everyday. We weren't really running into each other that often. But as luck would have it our husbands became roommates overseas in the dessert. They got along famously. It was all I heard about for awhile Johnathan this Johnathan that... So I gave Martha a call. Our first "date" (if I remember correctly) was the movie Phantom of the Opera and dinner at Zookini's.

The rest, as they say - is history.

Martha is an amazing person and friend. She is one of the most loyal people I know. She and I always have the best time. We were/are Monkafiles together and great movie buddies (nothing is too bizzare :-) ). She is funny and sensitive. And like with all good friends, I feel like we really "get" one another.

In the short 2 years of our friendship we have been through the good & bad and two pregnancies! Her little girl is seriously the cutest baby I've ever seen!

She moved away right before Tristan was born. But because she loves me so much (LOL) she has been back to visit twice now! The last time she came was in April. She and her little girl came to Abilene for a visit and spent the night. I had all these plans to blog about the visit and how much fun I had hanging out with my friend again. But as you can tell that never happened. Something else that never has happened (that I know of) is a picture being taken of us... I couldn't find ANY pictures of us together.... I remember wanting to take some while she was here, but with three kids running around we got a bit sidetracked.

So, here is another long overdue post about a wonderful friend who has moved away... Martha, I miss you too!