instead of going back with the group. i made a detour to richmond on my way back to philly on sunday. i went to richmond when i was 14 or 15 with the maccabi games (translation: teenage jewish olympics) and stayed with a local host family. of all the maccabi games i went on, they were by far my favorite family. the family was grandparents who had four daughters and many grandkids. while we exchanged holiday cards over the years, i had not seen them in over 14 years! i figured since i would be in charlottesville (and so close to them) i might as well go visit.
it was awesome seeing weene and alvin (the grandparents). they are such warm and nice people and catching up was so natural. two of their daughters (hilary and adrienne) came by as well as three of their grandkids (two of which were not even alive when i was there). many of their grandkids are now in college - crazy concept to me since they all seemed so little back then. it was seriously amazing to see how much the young ones had changed.
hopefully it is not another 14 years before i see them again.
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