my amazing friend dawn from college is in town from Los Angeles this weekend for her dad's 60th birthday. she's like a sister to me...no matter how much time passes between seeing each other, i never feel like we were apart. i love that about our friendship.
we went to apre diem tonight for dinner and coffee. i love that place. our freshman year in college, we found it by accident. this was before it was all the rage. this was when you could show up on a friday night and have no problem getting a couch in the back. these days you practically have to bribe a waitress or sell a kidney to get a seat back there.
we met up with malcolm our other friend from college. it was so great catching up with him...reminiscing...
the stories started pouring out...things i had forgotten about. man were we stupid then! we went to school downtown and sometimes when i think of the places we went and the trouble we caused, i wonder how in the world we survived...
it seems so long ago. i was a completely different person then...and yet at the same time not. i still have some of the same struggles...fears...dreams...hopes. some are slightly modified. and some are almost exactly the same. God has taught me so much since then, but sometimes i think i revert back to my old way of thinking. it takes that constant renewing of the mind for me to get back on track. some days that renewal is easier than others. it makes me wonder if there are some things that will always be a struggle...a torn in my side. but honestly, i think that's a cop out. i think that's placing God in a teeny, tiny box...and telling Him that He isn't bigger than "this" or "that." anything can be overcome with Him. anything...believe it. know it. and most importantly, live like you're the son or daughter of a GOD who can do anything...including overcoming one our worst enemies...ourselves.
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