Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We had dinner Monday night with a friend from childhood, a woman who I've kept in contact with through my parents, who mentored her and her husband when they moved out here, and through our mutual friend.  That friend and I visited her when she received a diagnosis of stage 4 breast cancer, and she and her husband are now out here visiting her daughter and shopping for wedding dresses for a June wedding.  The daughter, who was my parents' godchild, is a delightful, funny, independent, smart woman who owns her own business.  Her fiance is charming and grounded and friendly.  I'm so happy for my friend; that she has this joy and anticipation.  The wedding is in Mexico, so it will be challenging for my friend to attend, but she will.  She's been through many surgeries and medical challenges, and she'll be there for her only child's wedding.  And since the fiance has two kids, one in college and one about to begin, she will have step grandkids.  Sometimes it takes a long time to see your kids settled and with a partner that will see them through their lives, but seeing it is such a blessing.