About 25 years ago my best friend and his GF another good friend wisely left CT for the mountains of Vermont. They eventually got married and had two kids Elizabeth and Erin. We remained close visiting often until abot 10 years ago when life started getting in the way. The last time we visited was 5 years ago. Well last February the daughters now adult women of 19 and 21 decided to come to CT and spend the weekend with us. We had a great time but the little woman and I really connected with the 19 year old Erin. Erin also connected with us and began spending at least one weekend per month with us. Not having children of our own her presence gave us something, a joy we had not known previously. We love her like our own and there is hardly a day where we dont hear from her. Well a few weeks ago she dropped a bomb. She's leaving VT to support her boyfriends dream of becoming a professional wrestler. This means no more monthly visits though she has promised to come for my birthday as well as hers. Anyhow tomorrow she leaves for Florida to start a new life and we are sad.