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Today we bid farewell to our good friends the Sosbees, the last in a long line of friends who were here when we arrived, but are now gone. Their departure is sobering for a variety of reasons, most of which are frankly too sad to type. Suffice it to say that the face of the JO wardroom in Naples will never be the same, and we have closed a chapter in our life that we will always look back on as one of the best written.
Perhaps the most difficult part of the Sosbees' move is that they took their son Ben with them. For the past 18 months, rarely has a week gone by without the Chockleys and the Sosbees spending an evening together; 2 or 3 evenings per week is more often the case. Ella and Ben are best friends in every sense of the word. Born three months apart, they both wake up and go to bed asking for one another. Our feeble efforts to explain how "B," as she calls him, has gone "bye bye," is the functional equivalent of explaining the chaos theory to a chimpanzee.
I put this little picto-video together to look back on the "B & EB" experience. Please ignore the fact that the song by Nada Surf is actually entitled "Bad Best Friend" - these two were anything but bad together.
Goodbye, Josh, Gretchen, and B. We'll think of you often.
- pac
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3 comments:
Sweet! I know you guys are sad to see them go. Thanks for FINALLY updating the blog.
You are so blessed to have such wonderful friends. Try not to think about how you will miss them. Think only of what a treasure it is to know them and have them as such close friends, how much fun you had while with them, and how happy you will feel when you see them again. I have to do this everyday because I miss you three so much. I promise, it will get easier as each day passes. You have your memories to relive until you see them again. I love you!
awww that is too cute!
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