full circleI

I grew up in a nice little subdivision in the town of Lisbon. I was eleven when we moved there and it was a real neighborhood. The first family we met were the Goepels. I LOVE this family!!!! I practically lived at their house. They had four young children. three boys and a daughter...was God preparing me back then?????????
I would babysit them, clean their house, cut their grass and sometimes just hang out!
As time went on, I even had Chris (who will always be Dolly to me ) stand up in my wedding.
The neighborhood kids would come over and I would teach them stunts, songs and play games....(I was the oldest).
Now, after being married for thirty years, the neighborhood has changed in some ways. My daughters, help me take care of Grandma along with my sis. After the children put grandma to bed they have gone out and made some good friends,..(and so have I)..
The older Goepels have sold their home and live around here for part of the year, then in Florida and there are alot of new young families but........................ one day I saw a young girl and I was instantly back forty years.She was the spitting image of the kids I had grown to love and help take care of so many years ago! I found out that the Goepel family sold their home to their son and now their daughter is a friend of my daughters and our families. I love her Mom and of course her husband!!! It is so wonderful that as my children serve their grandma, they have been blessed with a forever friend.Danielle and for me Debbie!!! It's come full circle and the kids have joined in the neighborhood and BELONG!!! FULL CIRCLE!!!!!!! What a great blessing!