My friends are so great... In an ex-pat community like this, we make fast, close friends. Maybe because we all know that we are on borrowed time with each other? We want to make every minute count? Anyway, I have made such a spectacular group of friends here, I really hate the thought of saying good-bye. But, I also know that this group of women, because of their life experiences and frequent moves, know how to keep in touch and will often travel... so crossing paths again is not so hard to imagine. Because we all have seen many come and go, we have learned to say "See you later", versus good-bye. Today, 30 of my friends threw a party for me with just that theme...
They gave me beautiful gifts...
Posed for a group photo...
Provided food from all of their native countries...
Gave me a beautiful, handmade card and a jar full of "Heidi memories"...
Provided all sorts of laughs...
And hugs...
Gave me some great Swedish gifts that I had never bought for myself...
Including blowing up and printing on canvas, one of my favorite photos of Stockholm...
Provided some more happy memories...
And the first of many tears...
There might soon be an ocean between us, but these women will live in my heart for a very long time.
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