Roadtrip

Today, for the first time in over three weeks, I had a day off work. After some friendly deliberations, Liz and I decided to head to SMCM in Southern MD, where I went to college during my freshman year.

It was important to me that she see the campus. I don't think you can fully understand who I am and how much I have grown since high school graduation without spending some time at SMCM. I may have left after just a year, but the school has always remained a very special place to me.

The views were spectacular today. The sun seemed to hit the water at just the right moments, making me question how I could really have walked away from such a beautiful place. My mind was blazing with memories wherever we walked. I had lost sight of just how much had happened to me there.

My favorite part of the day was sitting behind Trinity Church, overlooking the river on all sides. I didn't feel as though words were needed to explain how happy I felt to be there at that moment. I felt alive, comfortable. I blame the breezes coming off the water (ha..ha...), but I definitely teared up at one point from just being there again.

I felt a little overwhelmed a few times, realizing how far away my year down there seems. My life has changed a lot since then. But I am definitely more appreciative of where I am now after having seen (one more time) where I've been. And I am so happy that I got to share a special place with someone who's become equally special to me.