And just like that, Tab’s week with Ava came to a close.
We headed back to West Virginia to meet her parents.

Now – the week before, as we’d driven back to SC, we took the route that takes us through the northeast corner of TN.  As we were driving I saw the name of a road that crossed over the expressway, and I was all but certain it was the same road that I mailed Rebecca’s Christmas card.  When I got home, I looked it up.  Lo and behold, our route goes right by my friends’ road!!!

So today, on our way back from WV, we took a 2 mile detour (that’s it… 2 miles!) and we got to stop in and see my dear friend Rebecca, her husband Dana, and two of their boys!  What a thrill!!  We text regularly, but I hadn’t seen her in well over a year. 

It was so good to see her beautiful house and get a real life hug.

Tab and I pushed on.

Through some miserable weather.

And finally made it home.

South Carolina feels more and more like home every single day!