every once in a while when i'm bored (usually when i'm sitting on the toilet and i don't have anything to read) i play a little game... i pull all the change out of my pocket and look at the years on the coins, then i try to remember what i was doing at this time during that year. here are the results of today's game:
1996 dime
april 1996 - rexford, kansas - 17 years old
it's april... one month till graduation and then i'll be free! i'll be going to college at grace university in omaha, nebraska... i'm so excited!!! i'm probably going to major in pastoral ministries or music, i haven't decided yet. i'm 3rd in my graduating class... i just found this out. turns out the top three in my class were all about 1/100th of a point apart, i was really hoping that i could be validictorian or salutitorian, but oh well, soon i'll be out of here and living in the big city living with other christians who desire to be in ministry as much as i do.
1998 quarter
april 1998 - omaha, nebraska - 19 years old
it's april... one month and my college choir will be heading out for a month-long tour down the eastern coast of australia!!! it'll be my second trip to austraila and i'm totally stoked because i'll be able to go to sydney which i didn't do the first trip there. it's my sophomore year in college and a busy one. this year i became a part of the "elite" musical group, the ambassadors. there's five of us that tour around the midwest and sing at churches to advertize our school, it's a ton of fun, excellent experience, and all around a blessing to my spiritual life.
2001 dime
april 2001 - woodbury, minnesota - 22 years old
it's april... six months ago i moved up here to the twin cities to start a new job and to move in with my wonderful boyfriend, brian. just a month ago we bought a townhome in woodbury, a suburb of the twin cities. i also just bought a piano, a beautiful ebony upright yamaha... amazing sound, i love her so much. i'm doing the bulk of the moving-in this weekend because brian's on a ski trip w/ some college buddies, next weekend we'll move all the big stuff in a truck. we recently found an amazing church, mount olive lutheran in south minneapolis. we've been going there since december, i'm sure we'll be going there for a while too, we really like it there, it's strengthened both of our spiritual lives in amazing ways.
current time, no coin, just the vantage point from which i view my life
april 2005 - saint paul, minnesota - 26 years old
it's april... for the first time in many aprils there's not much going on in my life. i'm single, i'm still teaching, and i'm looking to buy a house this fall/winter. my spiritual life has flourshed as i've become more and more involved with my church, not only do i attend and read occasionally, but i'm now also an adult acolyte and an assistant minister. my life has changed SO much since april 1996, but i can confidently say that i'm in the best april of my life so far... life moves fast around you and things change. i don't even remember what my graduation gpa was, i have been separated from brian for over 2 years now, and i'm selling the piano i just paid-off (mainly because mom and dad gave me the family piano and i have no need for two).
its fun to look back... play the game... you'll be amazed at how easy and difficult it can be to look back on your life - but almost 100% of the time it's rewarding.
happy monday!
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