What an exciting, wonderful, fantastic time we've been blessed to have during the last few weeks......finally we met our dear friends, Marion and John, face to face......
We had spent a few days up in the north Georgia mountains at our little cabin...we don't go up through the winter months so we needed to do some cleaning before we carried Marion and John up for a couple of days........on Sunday, May 18th, we left about 11:00 am going to the Atlanta airport to meet our long awaited friend's plane. Everything went well until we were almost down to Atlanta where the road paving began....creeping along inch by inch.......we......along with all the people on their way to the Brave's game. It got nearer and nearer the time for the plane to land and I became tense and more tense. What would they think if we weren't there to meet them?
Finally, we made it to the airport and to the area we had agreed to meet. Edward walked around and found where Marion and John would enter.......we decided to wait there.....Edward asked a couple of times, "are you sure you will recognize them?" I confidently answered, "yes."
At one point a handsome young man walked up to me and asked, "what are you doing here?" Taken aback for a moment I didn't answer. Then I recognized Rob who is a friend of our daughter and son-in-law......He was arriving home from a trip.....Imagine running into someone you know in all those thousands of people!
After nearly two hours had passed I began to get a little anxious that we had missed them.....I asked a passing stewardess about customs and imigration and she said it very well could take up to two hours.......many, many people comprise a steady stream as they walk by to the baggage carousel. Suddenly I recognized (I thought) John who was nearer to the side where I was standing....I said, "Marion?"
The man stopped and the lady looked at me and I knew instant
ly it was Marion and John.......Marion and I hugged each other and it was a wonderful moment.....time stood still......
After retrieving their luggage, we left the airport and headed to spend the night with our daughter, Mindy, Chip, Davis and Drew...........
To be continued...........
