I started working for IHOP right after I got my drivers license. I started as a host, and quickly moved into serving. At the time, I loved it. It was quick cash! I even became pretty good at it. Along the way I made many friends. Life-long friends. Also people which I believed would be life-long friends, who are no longer the friends I expected they would be at this point in my life. This part of my life helped to usher in my my high school diploma, my oldest daughter, and my college degree.
We all lost a great friend, Lynn. She was the center of our little IHOP world. She was one of the few I still kept in contact with. We had our ups and downs, but we always remained friends.
It makes me wonder if part of Lynn's plan was to get us all together again. It felt almost like an alternate universe being around all of those IHOPers again.
Moving on from "That" life, I have done a lot of growing up, and maybe too much realization. With having been forced to relive that part of my life, I now realize why some of my relationships are no longer what they were. While this makes me sad, I am also now much more aware and appreciative of the genuine relationships in my life.
Every experience in my life has helped to build who I am. I am damned proud of who I am... So even to those who I am not truly friends with anymore, I will thank you for the experiences you gave... to make me the much more appreciative person that I am today.
And to Lynn Allan, You will forever be in our hearts, and minds. The IHOP reunion, while everyone gathered for you, it felt incomplete without you, and your laugh. Rest in peace "abuelita."
Lynn Marie Allan ~ 1958-2012
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