forty eight

I look only fondly at the years that I spent at Gordon College. The relationships that were forged there and the memories created live on, even almost 12 years after graduation.

Living so close to campus has afforded us many opportunities to visit campus and engage in the many activities there. We hike in the woods and swim in Gull Pond. We chat with professors and swing in the trees at Homecoming. We sing carols and pray with the community during the Christmas season. We’ve just recently attended some basketball games. And, best of all, we regularly swim in the Bennett Center Pool.

This is where both girls have learned to swim. It is where they eat picnic lunches, that they pack themselves, in the concession area. It is where they chat with college students and professors and staff members (and both parties leave with smiles on their faces). It is where we have deep, and not so deep, conversations in the locker room sauna. It is a welcoming and friendly place for them to polish their ‘interacting with various people’ skills.

I caught this view from the fitness center before I headed down to join them in the water to see if could Gain muscle and lose fat while I was there. The snow might have been blowing around outside, but inside was warm and welcoming- both in temperature and temperament.