Missing Utah - suprise, suprise

I never thought that I would be saying this, but I really miss Utah. Not so much the state, as the people in the state. Some of my closest friends from college, my mission, and traveling, still live there and I miss them so much. I have been thinking a lot about Utah lately, since this week I have 2 friends getting married there, and a bunch of family members there celebrating with my sister-in-law, who finalized the adoption of her twins this last week. All week I have been wishing I could be there, visiting with all my friends and celebrating with them.
Today I received an email from an old roomate, sharing news about another roomate. Unfortunately her news was not happy. Now more than ever, I wish I was in Utah, and could be there to support a good friend, who is so strong and full of faith, much more than I could ever be.
For 2 years I was lucky to have amazing roomates. We all met in Jerusalem, where we were studying, came back and became roomates and friends. Two more good friends moved into our apt. I miss these girls so much. I laughed so hard, was helped so much, and learned so much from their example.


I miss my friends so much right now. Arizona is feeling much lonelier now that the weather is getting too hot to go outside. I wish that I lived closer to my good friends, and I wish that it was easy to find friends as good as those I made during college.