Who Knew?? I'm goin' on some blind dates!

Well, my search for playdates and activities for Makenna are officially moving into full swing this week.  I put a post on my HRP Mama website here and asked if anyone had a 2 year old play group and would like to get together.  I now officially have 4 mothers and their children meeting me at Barnes & Noble this week, 2 women wanting to schedule a playdate and 2 new classes that I found for Makenna that are going to be awesome!  I told David I feel kind nervous going out to meet all these women that I've never met before.  I don't know what they look like or what they ARE like and I feel like I need to go get my hair cut before I go.  Is this wierd???  hee hee.  I am already wondering what I should wear and praying Makenna is an absolute angel that day.  Well, that's it.  I just jinxed that for sure!  Anyway - I can't believe how fast it took off being able to meet some other mommies.  My biggest fear is that they are probably not going to be my safe Christian mommies that I can almost guarantee they think the same as me, act the same as me, parent the same as me and dress pretty much the same as me.  Not that I enjoy being with a twin, however, I do enjoy the safety of familiar people and familiar ways of living our lives.  As much as I want to be "cool" about these things, the reality is I am faking it and hoping that the Lord gives me the words and the help I need to make things work.  I took Makenna to something here in town called "Stories and Songs" that the Battery Park City group puts on.  It meets every week and they have different musicians come in and sing songs to the kids and they can dance and sing and play with instruments and have all sorts of crazy fun!  And crazy fun it was!  Oh my goodness!  Makenna was twirling and spinning and jumping and making fish faces and sharing with new friends and being super sweet with her mommy.  They sang a song about "when mommy goes away - she always comes back".  Now, this was a very silly song and I wouldn't have thought she was really even paying attention to the words, however, she so surprised me with her sweetness and kept hugging me and kissing me while holding my face every few seconds during the whole song.  It was precious and I wanted to just sit there and beam for awhile with all the pride I have in this little girl! Thank you Lord for a good day.  Thank you for my daughter.  Thank you for my upcoming "blind dates" and the possibility of new friendships and a chance to be your light.