Backwards in time

I was thinking today about my mother-in-law coming for a visit this weekend and it made me think of the last visit we had. It was 6 months ago. She kept expressing the desire to meet my neighbor and friend Kathy O. I was planning on getting the two of them together during that visit.

She called and told me her flight was late...she told me to just stay home until she landed, she would call and let me know. I wasn't really looking forward to the late plane because it was going to be in when my then 2 month old was napping. I got the call and she told me she had a ride and I didn't need to come to get her. Then she hands the phone to someone. "Hi Jill. It's Kathy O.!" I was so shocked. Kathy had been flying back from a business trip and ended up transferring onto the same plane that my MIL transferred onto. They were actually sitting right next to each other the whole way and realized who each other were by my MIL talking about Ian, Sam & Connor. Amazing.

Connor was 2 months old then. Kathy O. was on the plane with my MIL, Cathy N. This time when my MIL flys in there is no way of that chance meeting again because my neighbor has since passed away.

I wish I could go back to our last visit and tell Kathy to not get that foot surgery. It caused blood clots to travel to her lungs and she passed away.

I miss her every day. I see her house, her husband, her dog, her beautiful yard. But I never see her. She was a dear friend to me. I loved that woman. I still do. Every time I knit something for a friend or family member, I will always think of her. She's the one that taught me.

If only I could go backwards in time. Just this once.