Special Treat - Lunch with a Long Lost Cousin

Cousin Dave & his Beautiful Wife Maxine

Actually, Dave was never lost - that I know of anyhow. But I had not seen him since our high school days - or maybe junior high school! No particular reason - life is just what happens while you're making other plans. I had never met Maxine, but I have a very fond memory of my mother writing to me in great excitement because Dave had brought Maxine to the house to meet his Aunt Sally. They had just got married and he wanted to show off his bride! We always loved Dave - and my mother immediately loved Maxine, too. And I just thought it was the coolest thing ever that they had come to visit my Mom.

So after all these years, it turns out that while they still live in Maine for half of each year, they spend the other half these days in Florida, not far from where my friends Emma and Jon live! So we were able to meet up for lunch. It was a fabulous visit, I hated to see it end, and wish that we lived closer so that I could get to know them better. Need that little cottage on the lake in Maine!