Mom

I am a very, very, very proud daughter. My mom is an incredible, beautiful woman, and I love her very much. This weekend she has taken her awesomeness to a whole new level...

MY MOM HAS A BLOG!

You can check her out on my list of links on the right.

She is traveling to Japan for 3 weeks in October. She was chosen from hundreds of teachers all over America to be a part of a special exchange program, and she's blogging to keep everybody updated. She actually participated in a similar program before I was born (and I think before Dad was in the picture) where she traveled to Ghana with a group of teachers to learn about the culture and ways to integrate that into education here in America.

My mom is so brave! And talented! (I could go on and on and on and on...)

Love you, Mom! And welcome to the blogging world!

I Love Athens

We took a quick day trip to Paradise, aka Athens, Georgia, Saturday. It was a wonderful day. Our friends Bryan and Meredith got married. I met them through Young Life, where I was one of their leaders at Oconee County High School. I remember helping Meredith get ready for the prom, and watching Bryan come and pick her up at Bart and Victoria's house. I remember her sharing her precious heart with me at Frontier Ranch. As I saw her walk down the aisle, a beautiful bride, tears streamed down my cheeks. I love these folks, and am SO honored to be in their life. And I am FIRED UP because they are coming to COLUMBUS! Bryan is on staff with Young Life here in Columbus, so Meredith will be coming as soon as they get home from honeymooning! YES!
I love Young Life weddings... it is so good to catch up with old friends. It is neat because I got to be a part of several "generations" of YL leaders since I was in Athens for such a long time. YL was my community, my best friends in Athens... I love being with them.
Also for lunch Springer took me to my all-time-favorite restaurant on the planet, DePalma's. It is an Italian place downtown. I had the special, Vegeterian Lasagna, and it was AMAZING! Three cheeses, mushrooms, artichokes, onions, green, yellow, and red peppers, and fried eggplant... booyah!
It was cool being in Athens on a non-Game Day weekend. We go to Athens most often for games, and I'd almost forgotten how a regular weekend felt. Now I remember... we love this town!

Sick Nasty

It's great to be a Georgia Bulldog!