A Penny For Your Thoughts...: High Above the Stately River

I can't begin to tell you what a difference the warmer temperatures made in my life last week. I felt like a new person. My mood was brighter, my energy level higher, and there was a bounce in my step. One of my good church friends who is a fellow HC/Chi Omega alum told me that the nice weather kept drawing her thoughts to her college days. I can completely identify with her. There was nothing like a gorgeous spring day on Hanover's campus. My imagination jumps back to the picturesque campus filled with beautiful blossoming flowers, green lawns, and greenery and buds on the many trees. I have decided I am definitely going to have to make a trip down the interstate and pay good old HC a visit when the weather gets a bit warmer and stays that way.

Thinking back on my days at Hanover makes me appreciative of the ways that I am still connected to my college peers and Chi Omega sisters. It's funny how such a small campus can lead to so many connections and friendships beyond our undergraduate days. For example, I find it so neat how God led to me to teach in the same elementary school as my good friend and Chi Omega big sister. Furthermore, I keep in frequent touch with two of my closest Hanover friends even though one of them teaches in Cincinnati while the other is pursuing a medical degree in Chicago. I'm so proud of them both and miss them lots! I'm also fortunate to get to continue being roommates with one of the girls who I lived with for a couple of years at Hanover. We've grown a lot since then, but sometimes we revert back to the silly girls in Room 3 of our sorority. I also am really lucky to get to see another of my good Hanover friends on a fairly regular basis. M and I are two of those people who randomly met our freshman year and were simply destined to be friends. Finally, I still keep in touch with my wonderful Chi Omega family. I'm looking forward to visiting my sorority little sister in a couple of weeks to attend a concert by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The younger portion of our family continues our legacy back on campus and is soon welcoming another sister into our family. We can't wait to meet her!

The present is so wonderful and full of happiness, but there's nothing like a little walk down memory lane to appreciate the beginnings to such wonderful college friendships that continue into my life today...