We didn't climb a mountain or make important life changing decisions but when we said goodbye today everyone was feeling on top of the world. What did we do? We just got together and remembered old times. We recounted old stories, many of them told countless times before. We remembered people we once knew and how they affected our lives Sometimes we were able to add a little more recent news. Yes that couple has children now, oh dear the other couple are divorced, that person is now living in ...... And so it went on.
It was the memories which ignited our endorphins, filling us with warm fuzzy candy popping moments. Even Merv joined in as the memories were revisited.
And who were our visitors? A fellow church goer from over 15 years ago and his more recent wife. I left this church in 2001 and Merv left in 2010 when he became ill. Our visitors had left the church before 2000 and returned in 2006 and are now the backbone of the congregation. They married in their later years and work as one together. They are an inspiration to us and to others.
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