Good-bye

Please cue Boys2Men's song "It's so hard to say good-bye to yesterday" in your head as you read this post.

Two weeks ago we said good-bye to our first Lynden friends as they packed up and moved to Salem, Oregon. The Konings made our first few months in Lynden a very natural transition. They are the kind of people that make you feel like you've known them for a long time. Those first few awkward times of "getting to know" each other were a breeze with these awesome people. And Montana and Will hit it off (they didn't really have a choice). They're only 4 days apart and they really had fun playing together. You can imagine my disappointment when I found out they would be moving. Of course I was happy for them and understood the bitter-sweet decision it is to move away, but it was still sad to see them go. It's weird, but I haven't been on this side of a move in a long time. Life keeps going, but just without the Konings close by. They were the ones packing up and heading on a new adventure, we just went home. We miss them...alot. We pray that they will find their "Konings", just like we found them. Transition is hard and I think about them lots. Montana frequently asks for Will and when we head into Lynden she says "Will?" and I hate telling her that Will went bye-bye. This is the hard part of life...saying good-bye to special people...I guess I can't escape it.

*Note Will's dismay when he had to ride HIS tractor behind Montana!! Love it!! :)