BVG Founder's Day 2014

It was 33 years ago today the Bethel Valley Girls got together for the first time. The occasion was Cool's son's third birthday party. She invited her closest neighbors on Bethel Valley Lane and me, a resident of Diamond Place, five minutes away. Cool was a new friend of mine, having met her at Christian Women's Club. I had not met j and Elletu before, but when the four of us were together for just a short period of time I felt like I had known them all my life. Our original destination had been Horseshoe Lake Park, but it was all locked up so we had to go to Plan B. We ended up at Square Lake Park, but it had no bathroom, a tricky deal with a group of potty-trained children in tow!

I am convinced that God, in His Infinite Wisdom, brought the four of us together on purpose that day. He knew even then that 33 years down the road we would be marking this momentous date by packing our lunches and going back to what our children always called the Piggy Park because of the piggies on springs they could ride. We always called it that too and do still today, only today we learned it is actually Clayton Playground. This is where we spent so many summer days with our ten children. We were flooded with happy memories today, and we were blessed with glorious sunshine. Thank You, God!

This was a day for celebrating and reminiscing. I will tell more about it in my next post, but I want to share what j texted to me late this afternoon:

"I was thinking about your blog posting and how you were talking about how God must have been smiling when he put us all together. You do know that Bethel has a significance, right? Bethel means 'house of God.' Just thought I'd throw that in, in case you want to weave it in somehow. And then He picked a true gem from Diamond Place to come over to Bethel Valley."

Bless you, j! And thank you for the long-stemmed red roses you got for each of us to mark this important day in our BVG history.

Happy Founder's Day, Sisters-----Love us!