ZACH

 I have to tell you, I had some amazing employees while I was in Maryland. I am friends with many of them on social media and it brings me so much joy to see them thriving and happy creating families and a great life for themselves.  There is one person in particular that I have to share with you.  I reached out to him and asked if he would mind if I shared some stories and our friendship here on this blog.  His response was, There are so many wonderful things you could write about me though, not sure there's enough room in your blog to really represent how amazing I am.  He said what he said! HA!

Zach is I believe 5 years younger than me.  He was a Lead Counselor and basically my right hand at the Day Camp I was in charge of.  He is a big dude with an even bigger heart. His personality was over the top and it matched mine completely.  When Zach graduated from college, I hired him at the Youth Center. When I left the Youth Center, you guessed it, I hired Zach as a Unit Director.  We worked together for quite a few years. 

Zach and I have the exact same sense of humor and there isn't a time when we communicate that we aren't cracking jokes and just being silly.  We can be ourselves 1000% and there is no judgment, just laughs.   Zach's birthday is the day after mine and we call each other every year, religiously.  He is literally the younger brother I never had.  Zach is married to a beautiful woman and they have three children, 2 boys and a girl.  I am so proud of him and his wife for the life they have worked so hard to create. 

I remember when Zach met his future wife, she was all he could talk about.  We were having an art show at the office I worked at.  Zach invited her to come to look at the Art. He was so nervous and he wanted me to check her out, and get a feel for her.  I remember when she walked through the door, I thought oh yeah, she is the one.  She was, and after all of these years, she still is! 

Zach, your friendship has stood the test of time.  Through good times and bad and everything in between your friendship never wavers.  Although we don't see each other much I want you to know that Sean and I consider you family. The memories are fantastic! Ceiling ball, hide the monkey, you whispering things to me and I repeat it back so loudly that the person you were whispering about would hear me, seafood betty, the trip to the hospital where you told your friend you could do better than me, our candid talks about everything, Baha Men, your relentless torture about my sweet newborn's angel picture - he was not a butterfly.  Just typing that made me laugh out loud!!!!  The way you looked at me and the comments that followed when I showed up to that conference after a weekend at the tanning bed.  OMG - I was so dark!  What was I thinking?           

When Sean and I visit Maryland, we try to plug in some time to see Zach and his wife.  Sean thinks the world of Zach as well. We always just go right back to where we left off and I always feel like the time just goes by way too fast.  What do you think about having friends of the opposite sex?  What do you think of your spouse or significant other having friends of the opposite sex?  I will reveal my opinion in the next post, it may surprise you after reading what I wrote today.