Wow, it is crazy how much my taste in music has changed. There was a time, very long ago, when the sounds of Metallica, Motorhead, and Slayer, rocked my world. When Alice in Chains, could bring me to tears it was so beautiful to me. Now I still appreciate the classics, but you won't find me rocking them on my ipod. Let's just say I have a different appreciation for music these days. I'm rocking to worship tunes, country, and folk harmonies like the Indigo Girls (I've always loved them though). My pandora account has also been contaminated with the likes of the Wiggles and Soul Choo Choo. Life is a cool and interesting journey,
I am helping to prepare a baby shower for a young woman at our church. She is young, just 22. Thinking about her, and what the future may hold for her and her little family, got me to thinking about life at 22. Much has changed for me since I was 22. That was really a difficult time. I didn't realize at the time that it was difficult. I had graduated from college, was having a post college, pre-real life, super good time. I was bar tending, partying, picking up and traveling to far away places to party some more. I didn't really have much in the way of financial responsibility yet, and my parents were living in Egypt-- leaving me in charge of the house and my younger sister. It was an "out all night, sleep all day", kind of life. To be honest, I was setting a pretty poor example for my sister, who at the time was working full-time at a nursing home, and was far more responsible than I was. Looking back at that time, and even later, till about age 25, it make...
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