Firsts, Traditions, and Sunshine

I'm hoping the weather stays as is and continues to bring on more sunshine. It got up to 80 degrees on our driveway back home over the weekend. Can you believe it? Tomorrow it is supposed to get up to 60 degrees!

My firsts of the weekend: Green beer, drinking German beer out of a glass boot, eating Lucky Charms at the bar, and expanding my thoughts of religion and faith with a new friend. So most of these have to do with the bar...but remember it was all in moderation.

Traditions: 3020 girls taking over the dance floor at our favorite bar, having dinner at my staple East Side restaurant, of course traveling to wherever the LoveMonkeys are playing, and landing myself on stage.

Finding myself at a coffee shop back home, it is amazing to me how many people I ran into and who are still in town. I was there for 2 hours and came across a handful of people I went to high school with and an old teacher of mine. It makes me wonder how life would be if I hadn't attended college outside of West Bend. I am grateful to have the opportunity to go home whenver I can and it's a short ride away. Landing myself back home last weekend led to a meeting of an old friend, with new perspectives and beliefs. It takes me back to the days when I was a regular at church, had early morning bible studies before school, attended national youth gatherings, did mission work, and looked forward to summers spent at Crossways Church camp. Have I lost that ambition about my faith over the years? I believe that my strong faith is still entact but I miss doing that type of work and activities. Faith is what keeps you going, it is what you question when things are not looking up, it's what each person has their own version of. To me, faith is a beautiful thing. You just gotta have it.