Dear Reader:

My one happy daily ritual during this trying ordeal has been marking calendar days down. And to my delight I get to add a day!

Tommy insisted he drive me over yesterday… a day early to the annual Ya Retreat, after his last closing at 1. Officially the whole gang will arrive Thursday but Brooke always goes a day early to open up. So when it suited Tommy to bring me yesterday… busy the rest of the week… Brooke screamed… ” Perfect” … we can get you all settled in before Libby and Jackson arrive!

And even though I probably won’t be able to track down all the bottle trees-in the scavenger hunt…one sighting is right off Dawhoo! We can just ride by and take a picture from the car window!

No doubt being with my Ya’s is the best medicine in the world … if friendship and love can conquer any obstacle… and I know love is the greatest force on earth… then I can’t help returning stronger than I went -five days of getting my mind off me ( I am really tired of me) and just catching up and laughing … hearing other voices is so exciting!

Watching movies together is one of my favorite things to do… and we do it well!

We all met at Erskine and once our child-rearing days were coming to an end… we planned a reunion and have never stopped gathering since… it is our top priority/there are no secrets among us and if nothing else… our friendship, over the years, has only grown stronger!

So until tomorrow… we have all had serious health challenges in the past and persevered through them… no doubt this reunion might be remembered as ” Boo’s ” Boo Boo” year but also the turning point toward restored health! That is my wish and hope.

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh