Happy Fall Yall!
Weekends develop themes sometimes. They sometimes come with a tone of celebration, relaxation or maybe a sense of exhaustion from running from one task to another. Regardless, our weekends are a cherished 48 hours between two hectic weeks.
This past weekend I found myself leaving the city and heading north. Fall is upon us and some friends and I wanted to experience some good old fashioned Fall fun. Our destination: the North Georgia Mountains. Three of us drove the hour and a half up to where the leaves were a little more orange, the temperatures were a little bit chillier and the roads were a little smaller. We left the noise and commotion of the city behind and entered into a world that personified Fall in Georgia… a world that I had called home a few years ago.
I spent five years of my life in the town of Dahlonega, GA. That chapter of my live involved going to college, moving away from my parents, starting new relationships and testing my limits. It was an amazing bit of time that I would go back and relive in a heartbeat. I loved that town. I loved the potential and the endless opportunities that I had during that age. I loved the comfort of the small town.
As we were driving down the familiar roads and parking on a campus that I once called home the memories came flooding back. I am now a different person, reentering into a place that is exactly the same. Yet, the feel of it was the similar, but so very different at the same time. I was now an outsider looking in. I am now the tourist.
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have changed.”
That quote is amazingly true. If anything, the visit to Dahlonega confirmed to me how much I had changed. Since I left that town five years ago lots has happened… life has happened. I have been married and divorced, I have bought and sold a home, I have moved back and forth across the country, I have lost ones that I love, and I have found new friends.
I have changed.
This Saturday started as a day of remembering, but quickly the old memories turned into new ones as the three of us laughed the afternoon away. We enjoyed the people watching, sharing old stories and enjoyed each others company. It was truly a marvelous fall day with some amazing friends. Thank you Shannon and Kevin for allowing me to share the day with you and for joining me on my walk down memory lane.
Happy Fall!
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