Let's hangout!

Sometimes it's hard living so far away from the girls who met me as an awkward college freshman and still agreed to be my friends! We've gone through a lot together: initiations and graduations, weddings and funerals, breakups and babies. Even though we live all over the place (Nebraska, Alaska, South Dakota, and New York) Google+ Hangout let's us get together every now and then to catch up. This week technology let us meet SG's new baby boy Brooks! Sometimes I hate the distance, but I love that I still get to have these friends in my life in spite of it. If only there was an app for far-away-baby-holding...

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