{"id":407,"date":"2010-06-02T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=407"},"modified":"2010-06-02T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T15:42:00","slug":"when-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"When In Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A friend is one of the nicest things you  can have, and one of the best  things you can be.  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;\">~Douglas <span>Pagels<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/TAVX7BcpCLI\/AAAAAAAAHPo\/Hpk56qTH0ro\/s1600\/DSC09313b.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_It9KDpK7ADM\/TAVX7BcpCLI\/AAAAAAAAHPo\/Hpk56qTH0ro\/s400\/DSC09313b.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477881193278539954\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>My  excuse to travel by train to Winnipeg was this beautiful woman in white!   My long time friend, from college days, GOT MARRIED!<\/p>\n<p>Oh such a  classy wedding and perfectly her style.  Lovely.  Planned out but also  fun and relaxing.<\/p>\n<p>As I waited for her to be walked down the isle  by her dad I wondered if I was going cry the whole way threw or burst  with joy, I love weddings!  Turned out to be a little of both wedding&#8230;  I tried not to cry too much because everyone else seemed to be holding  themselves together.<\/p>\n<p>First year of college&#8230; after a few weeks  in school I some how got up enough nerve to ask her, via email (I know,  so lame) if she was a &#8230; <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Christian  too<\/span>.  I can&#8217;t help but smile at how difficult the idea of making  friends was for me back then.  I must have come across as silly and was  so worried about appearing so but she put up with me.<\/p>\n<p>Second year  of college&#8230; I was so desperate to find someone to stand up for me at  my wedding that I asked her even though we certainly weren&#8217;t that close  yet.  Again she put up with me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Years went by and I left that  socially devastated person behind and determined to be available for my  adventurous friend.  I am SO thankful for how she keeps reappearing in  my life.  I know she is a blessing straight from God because often she  has spoken into my life and been part of good changes in me threw her  words.<\/p>\n<p>A gem, someone who I know will not say good bye to me no  matter how far away we physically are from one another.<\/p>\n<p>No matter  how much we both change we seem to just continue to gel and for this I  am thankful!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Much love and CONGRATS to &#8216;the traveler and  her man!  <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">May you have many  many years together, blessed with a deep content love!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span><span>TTFN<\/span><\/span><!--Session data--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels My excuse to travel by train to Winnipeg was this beautiful woman in white! My long time friend, from college days, GOT MARRIED! Oh such a classy wedding and perfectly her style. Lovely. 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