Today I ran before Melanie came into town. After lunch , Melanie and I went to the drug store to get last minute things for the wedding, and we met our friend Rachel for dinner at Los Palapas, a mexican restaurant in Lakewood.
It has been years since I have got to meet up with Rachel, but if you don't know her and Melanie - you should. Rachel and Melanie lived, and worked with me when we where going to school, and they still choose to be around me, even though I am a handful. Rachel like me, is half white and filipino. Rachel now works at the Washington State Department of Corrections doing PR work. Melanie is working with her dad at the Kwik lok factory. Even years later, they are both just as hardworking, ambitious, and funny as the day I met them. It was like the three of us never stopped talking when we where at the restaurant.
Teddy has known me since birth , has been the mediator between my mom and me for 32 years, and still chooses to host me when I come to the westside. AKA Teddy lets me look through/steal her books and confuse her cat Prince Edward with all the going in and out that I tend to do when I am traveling.
The Hartmanns have done nothing but treat me like family since we met at Central Washington University , and my mom well I know she wants nothing less than for me to be successful , happy and healthy. (I just won't admit that aloud .)
I want all of them to be nothing short of successful, happy and healthy as well and really, I am the one that is blessed to have all of them in my life.
Love you all,
Donna
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