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Connect 4

Recently, I was out with a new friend out at a bar playing Connect 4. Remember that game? It was one of my favorites back in the day. Along with Guess Who, CandyLand and Clue. I've always loved playing games like that, but have never been one who's particularly competitive. I think in hindsight for me, it was about the time I was getting with the people, the laughing and the fun.  And that still carries through to who I am today.

This same friend I'm talking about playing Connect 4 with also gave me one of the best and most intense compliments I've ever received in my life. He's on a tour across the country right now and he said that meeting me has been the best part of his trip. In disbelief, I asked how this could be true. He's traveling across the country, seeing so many things people don't have the opportunity to, including myself. I'm incredibly jealous of this journey he's on, so for me, I just can't fathom how I am even a blip on the radar. The response I received keeps echoing in my heart tonight. To paraphrase, he said everything he's done are moments and memories, but knowing someone is different.

It's so true. Without knowing people, how do you make the moments and memories? And it's the people who make meaning in the moments and memories. I feel so blessed with the incredible people I have in my life.

Nothing revolutionary tonight, but just spending a lot of time thinking about the important people in my life. And if you're one of them and you're reading this, know I'm holding you close in my heart, no matter how near or far you are.

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