Age Old Friends

It's been what, almost 7 YEARS!!!

Isabel, my best friend in my year in Germany as an exchange student my junior year of high school, was in the States for a tour with her church choir. We were both so busy the entire month she was here, we only got to see each other ONE NIGHT! I was able to attend her concert on Temple Square last week. It was a beautiful night of German music. She had a beautiful small duet during one of the songs ... and I could hear her voice here and there. We sang together in Germany in the school choir and at church. Our ward was so small (15 people) we would sit together every Sunday and take turns harmonizing. She would take Alt one verse and then switch to Sopran the next. It was the most fun singing I ever had. We also sang about 3 concerts together and played in the music school together. She played the violin, and me the oboe of course.
It was excellent to see her. While I lived in Germany she was the one person that I could always count on, she was always there; school, church, music school, class trips, choir...etc. I was so excited to see her, I rushed to where the choir comes out to see the audience, and she came out and didn't quite see me... she was hugging all of her family here in the US, and SLC ... and finally saw me while she was hugging her family, they kept bombarding her - I just could not hold back the tears when I finally saw her. Then she pushed through and said my friend, my friend! It was so funny. We hugged like three times! I only had a short while with her, maybe a half hour. It was so wonderful to see her. We are just the same as we were at 16 years old talking at school, or just hanging out - and yet so different, so grown up.
I just hope she knows how much she willl always mean to me. Having such a wonderful friend as she was and has been to me is so rare, especially when I was in a country all on my own, she was always a constant for me with same beliefs in a place where people would rarely hold back.
Hab dich ganz doll lieb Isa. Wann wir uns mal wieder sehen.

Jamie