Listening to Acoustic music this chilly autumn morning.

I told myself that I would wake up early this morning… and even without my alarm I managed it. My hope was to clean my room… but as I listen to the lyrics I can’t help but start thinkin’ about everything. The last 23… almost 24 years contains so much more than I give credit. I’m young but I’ve lived so much. So many memories. I always get so nostalgic around this time of the year. Riding horses with my sister… over 20 years ago! I remember the times I was skipping around town… just me and my friends… it feels like just yesterday. Yet it was almost 19 years ago.

Then there was high school… dances, theatre, choir concerts. Sneaking out of class to drive the 25 minutes to the closest starbucks Samantha 🙂 Dating seniors and staying out until dawn. PowWows. Roadtrips to California and greyhounds to Canada. Amy 🙂 Concerts and comedy clubs… wow. Car Accidents, babies being born, Mexico, Blanchet House… ah good times.

And like a second… college was gone. Four years of Deltas, Drama Club, Psych Club, and Fellowship/Service Team. Working for the Agency. Dating all the wrong people. Happiness and heartache. Some not so good grades and some good grades. Chapel talks and retreats. Living in California during the summer. Concreating friendships. Concerts, musicals, live jazz, opera, art museum, first thursday, seeing the sights. Life was lived.

it’s been almost two years and now so much is happening… Martial Arts, Music, Flute Circles, graduate school, language lessons, touring the city I live in, girls nights, beach trips, continuing my book after such a long pause, new friends, new thoughts, and a future that is wide open.

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