Learnings from Sista Stacey

Saturday, February 9, 2013
My friend Stacey is leaving Colorado today. Her fabulous husband got a job in Manhattan, and they're moving to New York to take advantage of the opportunity. I can't tell you how much I'm going to miss her. While it's much easier to stay in touch now than ever before, I'd grown accustomed to having her in my life locally, and today New York seems very far away.

It's my belief that each and every relationship in our lives has something to offer us, and provides an opportunity to learn and grow. Sometimes those opportunities are negative examples, sometimes they're positive examples, but it's up to each of us to take the lessons provided and incorporate them in a way that makes us better human beings.

So here's the top five things I've learned from Sista Stacey in the relatively short time she's been my friend:
5. You can never be too organized, but you can definitely be too thin.
4. Railing against the universe is unproductive. It's also occasionally necessary.
3. Making a courageous choice can lead to a courageous life. Sometimes it has the opposite effect, but giving up a chance for the former because there's a chance of the latter is what cowards do.
2. The family you choose is the very best kind.
And most importantly:
1. When people you care about appear to need your help, it's better to go and be turned away than to not go at all.
I'll miss you, my sister. More than I can say.

7 comments:

The Mechanicky Gal said...

Perhaps I can swing by in the Fiat and we can take a road trip to NY. Yes, really. Do you know how fast that Fiat can go? And since it's small, we'll have no problems parking.

mom in northern said...

The three of you loose in NY...now that is a scary thought...

Anne C. said...

I should do a blog post like this.

Janiece said...

Mechanicky, we may need to put that on the calendar once I have some vacation on the books.

Because that would be awesome.

Laur said...

Upstate NY (hopefully), offers roads to roam and zoom on, great Finger Lakes Vinyards, Seneca Falls womens history Museum and you two very smart and savvy women working that in a Fiat? Perfect! Have fun when you can, you two. Safe travels Mechanicky Girl.

Laur said...

Ok, Manhatten isn't upstate, but you could get upstate from Manhatten. You have a Fiat for crying out loud! Get an EZPass and you are on the road to sharing some great time. Lameroux Landing in Ovid, NY, for sure.

Dr. Constantine Frank winery, vinifera wines, the best other place to find really fine wine. Lot's of new vineyards all along Seneca lake, Have fun, awesome part of the world, great wines, great views, great people, great food, nice place to stop and rest awhile, when you can. I think that that unquoted Dr. Seuss had nothing rhyming with Fiat. You two make up that sonnet and share it with us, will most probably be perfect.

Carol Elaine said...

All of my interaction with Stacey has been via FB and the comments here, but from everything I've read, she's an awesome person. It'll be sad that she won't be near you and Anne any longer, but maybe this just calls for a Trollop visit to New York.

Oh, darn.