I'm so glad I made the trip for my high school alumni reunion!! Even though I had to pass through Iowa...twice...it was absolutely worth it. Planning for the fact that there would be no Starbucks along my path through Iowa, I drove through Starbucks on my way out of Springfield, IL, and got two Espresso Macchiato Doppios to help me on my journey home.
It was really a lot of fun to see friends that I hadn't seen in years! Some of them looked almost the same, and some, well... We're all a few years older! And no one could bluff on their age with this crew. While there were several people that didn't make it that I would have loved to see, there were many old friends there that it was so awesome to get to see. I wouldn't have wanted to miss it!
It's amazing the power of shared experiences. When you have enough common ground, even if it left off years ago, it's like you still have a door into each other's lives...to pick up where you left off, catch up on what has happened in your lives, and go from there. What a cool and wonderful thing to have friends like that. I reconnected with a number of friends like that, and I look forward to keeping in touch. (Do you guys hear that?? Let's keep in touch!)
Outside of the reunion events and church services, I was able to spend most of my free time with friends and their families, with Mark Johnson, and seeing others I knew from school and from my church there. It was a blast! What a great weekend.
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