Jiffy has decided that Annemarie is part of his family. That's high praise. Your Mom and Dad look good. I hope they are better.
How did you meet Annemarie? I think you might have told me before, but my brain is fried right now. I know you visited her in the States for a wedding if I remember the story, but what went before?
We were doing the pictures with M&D and Jiffy tried climbing up Annemarie - so she gave in and picked him up ... so she got her kiss! He really loved her ... can't see why she had to return to Idaho!
Her dad knew M&D in the mid 50's. He was a Missionary in Angola and when on furlough they were his EWnglish contact (he is Swiss). He married an American ... but kept in contact. I met Annemarie for the first time when whe was a few months old and I was 3.
We met about every 7-8 years after that. When her mum died she came for a visit and spent a lot of the year with us ... and visiting her father who was working in France. That was 1986. When her dad re-married in 1988 she spent the trip with us ... so when she got married she invited me over to be Maid-of-Honour. We spent a week in Michigan, and became friends with the hosts.
In 1994 we visited the people who had hosted the wedding who had moved to Colorado ... and she came from Idaho for the first week.
Our friendship is such that the years have always meant nothing. And even now our beliefs and lives are different that central core of friendship is un-changed.
There are a choice few people in the world who can be apart for years and the moment they meet again...it's like the years never happened. You just flow together as if it's only been minutes apart. You seem to have a lovely friendship. A blessing for both of you.
It was a great trip Carolyn - yes, I hope she enjoyed it as much as we did. I think so, as I have heard from her reularily since. Also her pics went up on FB straight away ... much more organised than me!
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:03 am (UTC)We were doing the pictures with M&D and Jiffy tried climbing up Annemarie - so she gave in and picked him up ... so she got her kiss!
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Date: 2012-06-26 10:53 pm (UTC)How did you meet Annemarie? I think you might have told me before, but my brain is fried right now. I know you visited her in the States for a wedding if I remember the story, but what went before?
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:10 am (UTC)Her dad knew M&D in the mid 50's. He was a Missionary in Angola and when on furlough they were his EWnglish contact (he is Swiss). He married an American ... but kept in contact. I met Annemarie for the first time when whe was a few months old and I was 3.
We met about every 7-8 years after that. When her mum died she came for a visit and spent a lot of the year with us ... and visiting her father who was working in France. That was 1986. When her dad re-married in 1988 she spent the trip with us ... so when she got married she invited me over to be Maid-of-Honour. We spent a week in Michigan, and became friends with the hosts.
In 1994 we visited the people who had hosted the wedding who had moved to Colorado ... and she came from Idaho for the first week.
Our friendship is such that the years have always meant nothing. And even now our beliefs and lives are different that central core of friendship is un-changed.
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:04 am (UTC)It was good to have nice family photos.
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:32 am (UTC)I really, really love the one of Jiffy licking Annemarie :D
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:41 pm (UTC)It was good to have nice family photos.
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:44 pm (UTC)Mum has some great colours in her clothes .... and is brilliant at mix & match. I shall tell her.
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Date: 2012-06-27 07:41 pm (UTC)It was good to have nice family photos.