There is no reason to watch the NCAA tournament anymore......KENTUCKY lost. It was a great game. The whole weekend was amazing, but in the end the loss ends another great year of college basketball. Is it go 'HEELS or ILLINI?!?!

Why is being authentic to each other so difficult at times. I am at fault as anyone else, but there is something about being around certain people that you can be truly authentic. Maybe it is something about being comfortable or trustworthy of that person, but I miss being around some authentic friends. As I sit in a Starbucks in downtown Chicago, all I can think about is a community of friends that I constantly desire to have in my life, where we can be true to each other and not deal with the small crap that sometimes as not only society, but Christians let hinder true relationships. There is always some kind of drama, but to tear apart relationships and keep from moving in the direction that God calls us to is beginning take its toll on me. My heart desires a passion like never before to be truly authentic all the time. Is it possible, probably...still learning....baby steps right? I think it is hard to be authentic always, when not everyone else around me is that way. I am just as guilty as everyone else. There are real people in my life right now and I don't surround myself enough when opportunities arise. My prayer is to find a community that not only accepts me for who I am, but helps me become better and see the good in me more than the faults that I constantly feel hinder me from a life that I want to live and have been called to live.

I miss the city a lot right now. I miss the running on the lakefront. Seeing old friends, picking up right where we left of last time. I miss opportunities that I do not see where I am living at home. I miss the freedom of being on my own. I am fortunate to be where I am at. I know that where I am right now is where I am suppose to be.

God give me peace and comfort for the place I am in my life. I pray for true authenticity from not only myself but those around me. Be constant, be direct, and help us be content in the life you have provided for us.