Three Years Ago This Week...
I know 3 isn't really a major milestone to reach in most circumstances but every year at about this time I remember my college experience. Three years ago this week I graduated from college and I've been a little nostalgic and listing off some of the memories I carry with me (some good, some not so much) from that period in my life.
- crazy roommates - not one normal one in the bunch
- becoming engaged
- walking in Boston on a cold, dark winter's evening with a gentle snow
- sitting by the Charles with my journal on a sunny day
- Covenant Group
- breaking up and losing a friend
- Valentine's Day 2001 with my friends
- van/car rides to and from retreats
- best man at my brother's wedding
- the sunrise on the retreat to Cape Cod
- knowing when to let go and move on
- getting stuck on a rock as the tide came in in Rockport
- "Sweet Child of Mine"
- talks with Meredith
- non-alcoholic wine on Audra's front lawn - good times!
- Dean Bob
- Vinny Testa's when it was always Julie's birthday
- the choir
- Merlin Swartz
- Semester at Sea
- Indian poverty
- sadness in Cambodia
- becoming an uncle and godfather
- no journal when leaving to study abroad
- getting a mix tape about moving on and growing up
- sitting for hours just staring at the ocean
- Lloyd Trips
- Boots and Batons
- the back deck - especially that one sunset
- Skip-Bo
- UNO
- "Baby Jesus did that to you."
- eye contact when we were the only ones to see the humor
- weekly lunches with Kimi
- having a prayer partner who made the effort to keep a schedule with me
- "Drink this gingerly."
- Jose, St. Elmo's, and that day in South Africa
- always feeling like I wasn't a real part of the group
- sitting on the bank of the river in Kyoto
- skipping German to see a couple of movies
- writing letters to a sick friend
- "Thank you God for linoleum."
- General Conferences
- working at camp
- my cousin's suicide
- ride's home with friends
- lots of hugs
- Leroy Rouner's The Long Way Home
- the Martha's Vineyard Retreat
- Adrienne! and "Tarshish!"
- almost getting charged by an elephant in Kenya
- moving in and moving out every few months
- the tone deaf neighbors who loved to sing, loudly
- fifth floor, no elevator
- "Not now!"
- graduating
