My Visit with the Wiebel's

So this is 2 weeks ago now but I wanted to write a bit about my visit with the Wiebel's. They came in on the Greyhound on Friday - banjo in hand. Immediately when I saw them this dormant part of my spirit awoke. There's something about my friendship with Mr. Marmalade that is like no other relationship in my life. Our friendship is probably the relationship in my life that reminds me most of my relationship with God. I always experience God when I'm with him. He is such an incredible person - his creativity in unending and his capacity to be such an unassuming, beautiful spirit is inspiring to me. It took me a bit to warm to his wife (not because she's not lovely but because I'm protective of him) but once I did (this is a long time ago now) I find my friendship with her to also be very life-giving, a feminist like me, we have very similar views on a lot of things. On Friday we hung out around my kitchen table - eating a smattering of different things for dinner and then went out for beers at The Winking Judge. I'd never been there before and they have all these micr0brewery beers (mine was Raspberry beer!) and we just talked all night long about really important things in our lives. And we just slipped into that without any hesitation in small talk. On Saturday we had a nice leisurely breakfast and they went off to their conference and I went to the gym and did some things at home. That night I showed them our wedding album and talked them through it cause they wanted to "experience being there". Mr. Marmalade gave me his new CD from his group "The Whizbang Shufflers" (www.folkjam.com) and his video project he's doing with his brother - Secondhand Pants (www.secondhandpants.com). His commitment to his creativity is infectious. It was so amazing to spend time with them and be reminded of all the other parts of my life that I love - including my friendship with the Wiebels.