Special People

You know those special people that you can see just once in a blue moon, catch up via a quick progress report and then get into the nitty gritty of what is REALLY going on in each others' lives?  Well, I am greatful to say that I am blessed with several such people.  Some I have known since I was two, others since I was six.  One woman I barely knew in high school  and it was a trip at the end of the semester during which we bonded for life and really only got to know each other during university.  This other incredible woman I have maybe spent a total of 72 hours with in our whole lives.  We only started spending time together properly through our husbands and our lives have taken us to different continents, but she is the most down to earth, amazing mother and career person I know.  She has been a lawyer, is an artist, runs a wine farm, is raising three kids, manages a house, works on briefs and still makes her husband a birthday cake from scratch with her children.  She does it all, but not in that horrible Martha Stewart way.  The seams are just unravelling enough around the edges that you can't dislike her for being perfect, and she doesn't have a boastful bone in her body.  How's that for a balance to strive towards!  I admire her immensely and was very sad and emotional when I saw her yesterday because I didn't know when we'd next be able to meet up as the family's next trip to ZA will probably be to Kruger National Park in three years time.  We hope that we can keep in closer touch by following each other's blogs, so darlin', I tip my hat to you.