Molli and I did not go to any of the same schools growing up, nor did we really live anywhere close to each other. However, we belonged to the same stake of our church. When we met during an overnight church trip - Snow Conference, I believe it was called - to me, it felt like we'd known each other forever. Molli was just one of those people that you meet and instantly know that you were supposed to meet them at that point of your life.
For the next two years, I spent week nights and weekends having fun with Molli and a larger group of friends. I remember spending countless hours talking on the phone. And I'm sure the phone had a cord. And I'm also sure that our conversation was full of overly-dramatic-teenage-girl talk. Regardless, what I remember most about my time with Molli was laughter. And a lot of it.
Then her family made the decision to move to Northern California, and they were gone.
A few years later I saw Molli a couple of times at BYU. But from then, until this past July, we hadn't had the opportunity to meet again. I have been keeping up with Molli and her family, she has 5 kids, over Facebook for a couple of years now. I love how Facebook gives opportunity to rediscover lost friends. The chances of Molli and I reconnecting without Facebook were very slim.
Molli posted a status update to Facebook mid-July about how she had made it to Washington in the car, with her five kids, by herself. I was excited to hear that she was staying less than an hour away from us, and she made the offer to drive up to our house for a visit.
All three of my kids loved her kids. And I was really super impressed at how well behaved they were. There was no mess to pick up when they were gone. It was just a fun time for the kids. Charlie mostly hung out with her girls, and he and Ephram spent the last half hour running around the backyard with them.
It was so nice to see Molli. I love seeing old friends!
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