The family traveled west this weekend past hours of roadside cactus (which as a “yankee” still blows my mind) to San Angelo, Texas. And yes, that is where all those crazy FLDS polygamists live. San Angelo is a lovely, sleepy, old, west Texas town that is built around a small university and the Goodfellow Air Force Base. We went to visit my best friend Kym and her husband Jed. Kym is the kind of person that within 5 minutes of meeting her you feel like you’ve known her your whole life. However, this is not the quality that I admire or love most about her. She is crazy curious and not embarrassed to ask ANYTHING of ANYBODY. “You’re a transsexual? really? So how does that work exactly? Do you dress as a woman at night and a guy during the day? Do you like men or women? Does your family know? And could you pass me the salt?” She is unabashed in her curiosity and zeal for life and I love that about her.

Kym has four kids. We added our two to the mix and it was a great, chaotic weekend of love and laughter. The boys did some fun craft projects with the kids and we celebrated Texas Passover which included a barbecued brisket and potato latkes. We went to the air force base where Jed works and looked at big airplanes. We rolled out of town early Sunday and lumbered our way back to the hectic life of Dallas. It was a lazy, sweet weekend with good friends. Aaaaah, isn’t life grand?