They Didn't Get the Memo

So while we're here in Ireland, we've learned that our friends Rob and Brooke and daughter Julia are moving to Milwaukee! Clearly they did not get the memo that all of our friends are supposed to stay exactly where we left them when we departed for Europe almost three years ago. That way, when we return, we can just seamlessly re-enter our American life. Rob has had a great job opportunity and we wish them well, but will miss them terribly. The truth is that with them in Memphis and us in Little Rock, we didn't see each other all that often anyway, but we liked knowing that they were just a little over two hours up the road to Memphis or a little under two hours down the road toward Mt. Ida at their house near the lake. We always knew we could get to them (or they to us) if we needed to. It's been 15 years since we lived in the same town (or even state). Maybe in 15 more, we'll find ourselves in the same location again.

But we had a taste of how way leads on to way today when we saw Lisa Harwell and family here in Dingle. The Harwells live in Duesseldorf, but we run into them in a town in Ireland that is so remote that UPS doesn't even deliver here every day.

On that note, our replacement credit cards finally arrived today. Yay.

Tomorrow, we're off to Cashel and then on to Dublin.

I've just learned that tornado has hit Mena, Arkansas where aforementioned Rob's family lives. Sounds like there was a lot of damage. So prayers not only for Mena, but for my friends who are in the middle of a major move when a natural disaster hits his hometown. I think they're pushing the limits of the stress test.