As you know I have started a new career. I am having the most wonderful time of my life in this new career. One of the greatest aspects of going back to school is to feel young again. I get to spend most of my days with younger people. This is why I changed the title to my blog. It's not that I want to be 30 again. It isn't that I think I am 30 again. It isn't that I behave 30 again. It is that I don't feel old. I don't feel tired. I don't feel sick.
Anyway...this week I am at training for my new job down in Oakland. I have a co-resident. His name is Lewie. He is young. I don't know his age, but he is about the age of everyone else in the room except me. He could be one of my children. In our training, we sit in a large room with all the other residents from Northern California. We also do lots of interaction with each other. I get that I am older, so I am very careful to make sure that I do not force myself upon anyone. I sit down first so that if people don't want to sit next to me, they can steer clear. What I have found to be the most Christ-like genuine friendship, is that Lewie has always sat next to me, always picked me to be his partner, always talked to me, and always made sure I was invited into conversations or out to dinner, etc. I couldn't have even dreamed that I would be treated so nicely. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think I would be treated poorly. I just figured I would be on my own. I am not. I have a new friend, my co-resident, Lewie. And, I thank my Heavenly Father for someone so kind.
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