The beauty of youth

One of the great luxuries of my job is that I get to spend time with amazing students. Many of them have become my friends.

One such friend is graduating this spring. She's a beautiful woman, full of a quiet strength and grace I could only realize in my dreams. We had a fantastic hour of conversation this morning - about politics, abortion, religion, sex, dating... all the stuff you're not supposed to discuss.

I got to hear her heart, her fears, her passions, her strengths, her vulnerability. She's a realistic person with optimism. She has hope and confidence. She is a woman of faith. It was a blessing to have the time to sit and be with another person. Just being.

I wonder if I was at all like her at that age. I think there was a smidgeon of it in me somewhere. I look forward to recovering what I've lost of myself between then and now as I go forward.

it's never too late to start the day over