A few weeks ago we were at Chase's school for his honor roll (that's our boy!) recogniton. After the kids were given their awards, a lady came up and asked if I'm Ami Yoder. I told her I was and she introduced herself as Crystal Yoder. I was like, "you're the other Yoder's!". We are forever being asked if we're related to so and so Yoder. Crystal asked if it could be that we were related and I said, "Not unless you're from Belleville, PA." She died laughing and explained that her husband WAS from Belleville and that her mother was a Yoder (not related) from Lewistown, PA. I'm thinking "No WAY" and then just start laughing. Lucky for me she saw the humor in the situation. We chatted so easily that we decided to exchange numbers.
Later that evening Crystal called and had been thinking about if there really was a relation between us and had chatted with her family. Again, the coincidences were unreal. Darrin has been extremely interested in the family genealogy since we plan to go to Switzerland in March, and has been looking up the Yoder history. Since we had so much to talk about we decided to get everyone together for dinner. Crystal volunteered her home and told me not to worry about anything. That's another good thing with having accepted that I have ALS....I have no guilt in accepting those offers. (See friends, I HAVE made progress!)
This past Sat. we went to the Yoder's for dinner. Not only did we have a great time getting to know Doug (husband) and their 3 sons A.J., Grey and Zane, we also found out that Doug and Darrin are actually 7th cousins. We were all thrilled because now we have family in town!!!
We ended the night by playing Dutch Blitz. I did explain before the game started that Darrin doesn't break rules or give handicaps (even if you DO have physical restrictions). Crystal came close to smokin' Darrin. She plans to get the game and practice for the next round.
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