My Home Is Not Where My Heart Is

I love living with the best husband in the world in this lovely, historic city.  My whole heart is not here, however.  It is in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with my son, Phil and his wife, Liz and their chidren, Keith, 18 and Emily, 11.  It is also in Victoria, BC with my daughter, Sara, her husband Peter and their 2 girls, Sonja, 2 and Haven, 7 months.  Then there is another part of my heart in Burnaby, BC with my best friend in the world, Barbara.  She and I met through some church friends who were sure that we would like each other immediately.  Well!!  My friends picked her for church and she complained all the way to church that her husband and children refused to get up and get ready for church.  Then on the way home she criticized the pastor saying that his sermon was boring, blah, blah, blah!  LOL  When I got home I thought, friends with that woman,  I do not think so!!  Well, a few weeks later she showed up at an apartment that we had just moved into.  She came to ask if my son, Kevin, could spend the night with  her son, Matthew and ended up staying for over an hour, helping me unpack  AND we talked and I realised that she was really not very happy with her life.  We became friends and our children were friends, too.  We had our ups and downs.  I have no right to tell her life story but I will say that after she divorced her first husband she had stumbles and growth and now I would say that the woman I first knew is gone and she is more confident, happier and is a woman I am PROUD to call my sister-friend!  Love you, Barb!