25 years since paradise, California

August 23,2023, Wednesday night, 6:53pm, pacific standard time, hotel in Palm Desert, California,USA. Twenty five years ago was my last day in Paradise, California. I was an intern pastor at Paradise Lutheran church, just finishing up before heading home to Evanston, Wyoming to wait for my first ministerial call. I was 26 years old at the time. A whole lifetime has passed since then. Amazing how quickly it went. I look back and am grateful for the last 25 years. It hasn’t been perfect and I am far from saintly but it has been something. In the end I made the best decisions I could. I am thankful for those I met, the things I have done and the people I have lost. Heres to another 25 years and another lifetime to come.