"People" enter your lives as strangers and leave as "Friends"

People come into your lives for a reason and when they leave they have become your friends, even if they live on your street for only a few short months.

Last fall a family moved into a rent house on our street. They moved to Arlington from Utah, so the husband / dad could be trained for a new job and then they would be transferred somewhere else. About 2 weeks ago they learned they were being transferred to Missouri.

Yesterday, most of the family came to say goodbye.

Marcie invited them into her room as she always does. They like reading her computer screen where she "talks" to them. Every time they come - as they leave her room or if they are just on the front porch talking to me they look into her window and say : "Hi Marcie" and "I Love you Marcie" and they always say "By Marcie" when they leave. No prompting - Just: "I Love you Marcie", etc... and Marcie smiles at them with her eyes.

Today they moved - I was very very sad. Even thought I know it was to be.

We will truly miss this family - I knew from the beginning they would not be a part of our lives for very long but in the short time they lived on our street we became friends. Last November in the cold they all came down and stood on the front porch and sang Happy Birthday to Marcie. Earlier in the day their Dad had brought Marcie flowers from the bushes at their house tied with a ribbon that the children had made and they painted her pictures for her birthday. Preschool pictures but they were make by the children as a birthday gift to Marcie.

Marcie had filled an Easter Basket for the children - ordering things on line and having them sent to our house. They came and sang to Marcie at Easter.

They truly loved Marcie, such a sweet family. Sometimes when we were sitting outside they would come by to visit.

They will be so missed - it is hard for me to look towards the empty driveway knowing their big burgundy van will not return.

May they have a safe journey to their new home in Missouri.
I know they will touch other lives as they have touched ours.