Good-bye Marcie



"I've decided that I am going to go home"...these are the words that I didn't exactly want to hear... " When are you leaving?" " On Sunday". I didn't know that it was coming that soon and I thought that I was prepared to cope with it. A couple of days later it hit me that my closest friend was leaving.

I was going to miss her. She was the person that confided in, my grocery shopping buddy, my cooking buddy,...we did a lot together and now she is gone.

In a way it was good. Marcie needed to go back home, things didn't work out as she expected here. She believed that the Lord was releasing her to go back home and she obeyed and went.

It was also good for me in way. I had found one close friend and kind of stuck to that. With Marcie gone, it has challenged me to step out of my comfort zone... to learn to take a step and make new friends... especially friends with people who are from here. It hasn't been an easy process and is still one in the making.

Even though Marcie is gone, I know that I still have her friendship and that I can still count on her. We may not be able to see each other on an everyday bases, cook together and just hang out...but the bond that we have is still there and it still can be built upon.

Thank you Lord for the time that I have had with Marcie. Thank you for her friendship, it is something that I will always treasure.