Gail Gone Wild Among the Sunflowers!

Gail gone wild?

I just have to laugh as I read that title!  

I just returned home from a weekend up in Wisconsin with four of my very best friends from college days.  We all attended Cornell College back in the 1970's and have kept in touch for all of these past 35 years!  

During our visit I was talking to one of my friends about my "blogging" on the internet and my posts on Facebook.  She was very worried about me that I might  somehow get into trouble by posting pictures and personal thoughts and such out there in cyberspace!  I, quite frankly,  had not given that much thought! I suppose it is possible for one of my Facebook friends to download a picture of me and then somehow transport it digitally to an inappropriate picture and post it somehow on a porn site or something!  I'm sure it's possible, but not likely! 

That 's when we started laughing about "Gail goes wild among the sunflowers!" The thought is quite amusing, I think.  A 56 year old grandmother.....? Seems strange!  It is really not likely, however, that even if I did end up in a racy picture somewhere, that I would ever even find out about it! I never "go there"! So, if you happen to come across something inappropriate about me anywhere out there in cyberspace, please make a comment and let me know!  I'd be interested to know and would probably quickly withdraw my pictures and comments! Even though, by then, it'd probably be too late!  Back in 1974, they never warned us about technology!

Back to my visit with my college friends!  We spent the weekend up in Wisconsin at my mother's home.  The weather was pretty cool and overcast the entire weekend and we didn't get to really enjoy the lake other than just looking at it through the beautiful window in my mom's kitchen.  But in spite of the weather, we enjoyed a lot of talking, walking, eating and laughing. (And dare I say drinking? In moderation, of course!)

I don't know what it is about this group of girls, but we always have so much to talk about and it's not just reminiscing about the past, we talk about issues that are important to us.  Out of the five of us, we have an attorney, a family physician, a bilingual teacher, a payroll business manager, and a school counselor. Needless to say, our conversations range from  personal health issues to our grown children, from care for our aging parents to legal issues relating to wills and estates!  It seems that we can never get enough talking in. We don't usually argue either, we just listen and respect each other even if we disagree.  One thing is for certain, we CARE about one another.  I just love to be a part of this group because I come home from our time together feeling valued as a friend and as a person.

I also come away from the weekend a few pounds heavier because we eat so well!  Each friend brings delicious food and we eat and eat and eat!  Then we walk around the block to try to burn it off!  But in spite of all that, it is one of my favorite times of the year.  Cornell College/Theta/Class of '74/Girl's Weekend!  I am so very lucky that God has placed me in the lives of these wonderful friends and I thank Him for this blessing!

And....that's about as wild as I got among the sunflowers this past weekend!