Today I said goodbye to my neighbor and friend, Erin. I think I'm still in a little bit of denial over it. I tried to persuade her to stay, but she is off to a new job and a new life many miles away. It was so great to feel comfortable enough with a neighbor to invite them over to my messy house to eat pancakes! Instead of feeling bummed out I am going to concentrate on being grateful that I had a person in my life that has made such an impression on me. In the short amount of time that we lived across the street from each other we became mothers, chatted about life, watched our munchkins grow, ventured out into the forest with screaming babies and wild toddlers (mine, not hers), slid down a dirt slope with infants in slings to cool off in a river, etc., etc., etc. I am REALLY going to miss having you across the street from me, Erin. I will be stalking you in spirit :)