Heaven Help Us; There's 2 of Us....."The Other Liz"

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Okay folks, we are 2 weeks and 2 days away from hitting the high road........."On the road again ......dadadadadadaadaaadadaaaaa...."; well, you know the song, I don't need to sing it to ya....

We will be leaving July 1 heading in search of cooler weather.....yep....we're done with the 100 degree East Texas heat and humidity.....Guess where we're headed....go ahead, guess.......give up????  The answer is, we have absolutely no idea.  We're going to throw Murphy and Kruger, the 1-claw cat, into the RV and head north....bypassing Kansas, of course, cause we don't do Kansas........and see where we end up.  Jealous yet???!!!

Anyway, we weren't going ANYWHERE until I had a chance to have lunch with one of my favorite people.......her name just happens to be Liz, otherwise known as "The Other Liz" and she hosts our Winnsboro Ladies Bible Study group each Monday night.  Have you ever met someone and just instantly felt like you'd known them all your life??  If so, then you know what I mean about my friend, "The Other Liz"......I really didn't know much history about "The Other Liz", but I knew all I needed to know.....she's an amazing, incredible lady.  We've never had a chance to just sit and find out about each other, but we were bound and determined, come hades or high water, to sit down and visit before Chuck and I headed down the long highway of cooler weather.  So today was that day!

When we were setting up our lunch appointment today, I remember "The Other Liz" writing, "Can't wait; I'll be there will bells on!!"........which made me smile cause I thought to myself, "Ya, I wouldn't put it past her!" and then chuckled to myself.   Well, as I walked into the Winnsboro Bakery and while still trying to focus my eyes from the bright sunlight I just left, I heard the bells.........a Cow Bell that is!  Yep, "The Other Liz" had a HUGE cow bell hung around her neck and was clanking it.......I just needed to follow the clanking to find my friend.  Had we been anywhere but Winnsboro where everyone knows "The Other Liz", they might have thought we both had lost our marbles as we made a scene laughing, hugging and continuing to clank the cow bell.

But a lot of blanks were filled in on these two Liz's lives; she learned about my history; I learned about hers.  Amazingly similar in many ways........which just confirms one of my favorite sayings:

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally!"
-- Author Unknown