Well it has been a while since my last post.
My apologies.
Life lately has been,
Well,
Life.
Full. Crazy. Unexpected.
And I say that in a good tone.
Sonja and I recently got back from Seattle.
We decided to go a week before our departure date.
A little spontaneity is good.
It was a terrific trip.
Here are some highlights:
Sonja Ferkel, Airport Delays, 2 Flights - 3 planes, Keenan Donahue, Pike Place Market, The Gum Wall, First Starbucks, Jared and Julie Marling, Ethel Marling, John-Mark and Leslie Marling, Lela Marling, Rooftop dinner, Rain, Seahawks, Mariners, Tom Douglas, Tacoma, Alki Beach, and sunshine.
It was nice to be able to experience the town that I've romanticized for so long.
Of course it didn't compare to the city I had conjured up in my head,
And the culture was less than anticipated,
It wasn't overly odd or out of the ordinary.
It wasn't super artsy, hippie, or hipster.
It was simply a city. Plain and simple.
And it was strangely enjoyable.
Sometimes I feel cities try too hard.
But Seattle was subtle and pleasant.
Then we came back to the mid-west and "normal" life.
But I'm coming to find that life is anything but normal.
Unless normal is an ever-changing variable of scenery and relationships and challenges.
Which it might be. And that's fine.
But what I learn in the variety of life is that change is necessary to become anything.
To further yourself personally, relationally, professionally, you cannot stay constant.
Staleness is the death of life.
Bland, flavorless, and boring.
So I gladly accept all of life's twists and turns,
No matter how difficult they may be,
Looking in the rear view mirror at the man I leave behind.
