Pam and Jerry invited me to their wedding. I met them a few days before they were going to get married on an island outside of Hong Kong. They were stationed with Youth With a Mission.
They were married on July 23rd, 1988.
I was living in Tokyo, Japan working as a commercial photographer, and had been visiting friends in Hong Kong. As a gift to Pam and Jerry I photographed their wedding in black and white and gave them the negatives and an album, which I mailed to them from Japan after I returned.
Then they moved, I moved.
I moved to California, got married, pregnant and went shopping at the Marina. Pam was working in the store. We both were nursing our first-born. Her daughter’s name is Rose. My daughter’s name is Piper. She encouraged me to continue nursing. She encouraged me to continue walking with Jesus.
Then they moved, we moved.
We exchanged Christmas cards for a few years.
Then they moved, we moved.
A few months ago I saw her name in an on-line writing class I took, Tribe Writers. I sent her an e-mail and reconnected. She blogs at www.pamhogweide.com and has written a book: Unladylike: Resisting the Injustice of Inequality in the Church
Friendships don’t ever end. The threads that get cut when we move are still there, waiting to be tied together again.
A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.
― Lois Wyse
Happy Anniversary Pam and Jerry Hogeweide.
Thank you for sharing your special day with someone you just met. I will never forget your wedding, or you.
