Remember the quote where it says a picture is worth a thousand words?
Kevin and Adam take in a game at Wrigley Field during their road trip to Chicago.
No, really, this truck with the cow spots really was a float in the Jesse James Days Parade!
My AmeriCorps group... I really loved being around these guys...
Kevin playing hacky-sack in the parking garage by the IKEA near the Mall of America.
Pat and Adam rolling dice in an intense game of RISK! They look like they were having fun too.
All of these pics were taken between August and December of 2008, one of the best seasons of my life: I was living on my own, I was employed, and I was privileged to spend time with some of my best friends and with my wonderful AmeriCorps fellow service members. This was one of those times I didn't have to work so hard, to fight so hard for my life. Granted, I don't believe I matured much then, given that I seemed to have my own small circle of friends with whom I hung out all the time. I didn't care. I didn't have to do anything. I was happy.
Right now, I'm at a time in my life where I need to do whatever I must to grow up, so naturally I'm going to look back on days like those and long for them. All I can do right now is trust that God knows what he's doing, and to do what I have to do to grow up.