My dear Hungarian friends

My friends Erika and Gyongyi were here from California over the weekend to attend their St. Mary's alumni event and they came over for dinner on Sunday.  I haven't seen Gyongyi in 3 years (in March of 2007 she was back home retracing her arrival in America and celebrating 50 years since that arrival)  and I haven't seen Erika since I was about 8 years old.  I was thrilled to be able to get together with them and talk about the old days.  And I was sad to see them leave.

Then.....              (Erika is second from left, Gyongyi is in back, and that is me on the right)

And now!  I am so blessed that God found a way to reunite us after all of these years.  Two very sweet and special ladies.  They came to America as children a little over fifty years ago, their parents seeking a better life.  They became Americans!  They know first hand how blessed we are as a nation and the pain and grief that socialism brings, and we would all do well to remember that, also!