  miah and i went to the stuart's house& nbsp; for dinner last night. nbsp;  we got there and it took a lot for me not to tear up. nbsp;  sam and max,  their two boys, nbsp; had grown up so much since i saw them last and we used to play two time a week not too long ago. nbsp;
 time flys by and when i saw sam and max i couldn't help but think about my two older fraley boys,  connor and evan ( picture below)
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 now what to the stuart's and the fraley's boys have in common?
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 well.  urlLink thomas the train .
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 that was when i almost lost it.
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 sam got out his trains and i missed my friend connor.
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 we would build tracks together and play trains everytime i came over.
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 he and evan knew each of the trains names and&
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i would always get them wrong,  but i tried.
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 i didn't know how much i missed not having kids in our life&
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until last night when i saw thomas,  percy,  edward,  james and so many,  many more&
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see boys. i haven't forgotten completely)
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 the fraley team has been a big part or our lives in nh.
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 jeff and miah&
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became very close and eventually i was introduced to janet,
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jeff's wife.
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 she&
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will be reading this and i don't mean to embarrass you,  but i have to say she is&
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an amazing example of a&
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servant.
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 she has been a great friend to me and so&
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very supportive.
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 i&
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admire her love for her boys.
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 those boys. including jeff. are blessed to have her in their life.
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 we were very sad,  and i will admit mad at times,
 to hear they were moving away last winter.
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 see&
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miah and jeff seemed to have the same vision for&
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'river's edge',  or&
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'the way'&
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if we let jeff name&
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our&
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gatherings.
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sorry. inside joke)
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 they saw the big picture and worked so well as a team to share this vision with the&
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rest of us.
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 we met at their house every week for dinner and worship.
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 it was neat to see what god was doing in each of our lives.
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 you start to feel like everyone is family,  especially when yours is so far away.
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 that is why it hurt to see them go.
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 miah and i were crushed,  because&
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there was a&
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detour in 'our' plans,
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but god had a different plan for&
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river's edge and a different plan for the fraleys.
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 it is so interesting to me&
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how&
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he works each detail out in our lives.
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 &
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 anyways. we love and miss you fraley team.
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 we wish we could be around to play and laugh together.
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 thanks for being who you are and we look forward to many memories together.
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