Fiona's Great School in the City had a family night event last night. It was dinner and awards. It is too far and too late to bring all the troops, but K offered to go in because usually she is working when we make our visits in and she has not seen Fiona in a really really long time. So brave woman that she is, she set off in the car with the GPS (which does not fool proof you getting somewhere; I am living proof you can STILL get lost with GPS!)
They changed the format so she was only there for dinner and not the awards, but it was plenty for Fiona. We wanted to make sure that she too had family who love here present that evening, family to sit with at dinner and to introduce around to everyone.
It was also the first time that K has met Jane, so it was good that they know each other now. After it was over, K went out to the car to get a picture that KC had sent to his sister. Jane cornered K and said in all her 28 years of doing this work she has never met people like us. I know that should make us feel really proud or something. It makes me feel incredibly sad though. Because there are a lot of Fiona's in the world. And they deserve to be loved, and to have family --even if the context of how they are as a family is different--who love them and stand by them.
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Jane is right, you and K ARE definitely good and special people and i'm proud to know you (even if just virtually). Glad the visit with Fiona went well for K.
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