Over Christmas my sister had been asking me about various friends I see now I'm back in New York. My niece Katy, who remembers everything, suddenly asked, "Why haven't you mentioned Greta?"Well Katy, that's because the very weekend last July when I finally gave into that little voice inside and decided to relocate back to New York, Greta decided to leave New York and move to a remote canyon in Southern Utah!
Greta is one of my best friends, and also former business partner. For over a year we worked together, out of home offices in beach towns on each coast, to get greendog off the ground. She's a California girl at heart too so I always kept hoping she'd eventually move to California. It almost happened once, then she started dating someone the month before she was supposed to move, and somehow ended up in Long Beach, Long Island. (Not the most direct path).
Last spring, Greta took a volunteer vacation for Best Friends Animal Society, which has a wonderful animal sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, and the dream was first planted. A few months later, when she was offered a job running their events, though it was a big life change she made the leap to follow her heart and join them.
As life often works in circular ways, Greta is back in New York this week as our agency is producing a huge event this weekend, and Greta's organization is one of the non profits benefiting from the walk.
She's been my house guest for the last few days and just left this morning to move into a hotel in the city where the rest of her colleagues are. A few of us got together for her birthday a couple days ago, appropriately on Cinquo du Mayo.
Last year, when I was living in California, I happened to be in New York the same weekend and most of the same group (including another best friend Shelley who also happened to be in town this week from Austin) celebrated Greta's birthday in a somewhat unique fashion... I had shown Jason pictures from the evening and Jason commented, "She seems like a girl who seems to really enjoy her birthday!"
Greta is someone who really enjoys her life. I already miss her.
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