Monday Morning with Coop

This Monday was a good one. It was fun, it was exciting, Cooper slept for 3 and a half hours which means I slept for almost 3. Good stuff. The exciting thing about this Monday wasn't Cooper's awesome nap, it was the fact that he got to hang out with his uncle Scotty. For those of you who don't know Scott, this is him (He's the big one).

Scott lives in New York with his wife Dani, she is finishing up her Master's degree in city planning, combined they may be the smartest couple I know (and that isn't sarcasm, really, they are both really smart, really). Needless to say we don't get to see Scott and Dani terribly often, which isn't cool (And not like the I wear skinny jeans cool, but like the I wear old school baseball shirts cool). Selfishly, I want Scott and his wife to live in my garage. It's not very well ventilated and I have my weight set in there but other than that and the fact that we put the dogs in there when they are bad, I think it would be kind of cozy.
I want them to live in my garage because both Sarah and I love these two people, Sarah gets along great with Dani, Scott challenges my theologically and is the only guy I know who has popped a bird. Essentially, we love the community they bring to the table.
Community is something I have come to hold dear to my heart. Sarah and I have always been without a world so to speak. We got married young, we have had kids young, we got full time jobs young and so finding people that we can relate to has been difficult since the get go. I have my bible study I got to every week and Sarah has her friends, but there are very few people we connect with as a couple and Scott and Dani are one of those couples.

For those of you who feel overwhelmed at times by the conceived burden that following Chris can have, I would encourage you to seek community. Find it, live it, love those people around you unashamedly. We miss Scott and Dani when they aren't with us because there is a hole in our community, a missing people, and it isn't like replacing an iPod where you figure out the amount of songs you want it to hold and you purchase it. It takes work to find those kindred spirits that give you a breath of fresh air when you commune with them. This post won't make a lot of sense to many of you, but this was for Scott and Dani because we love you both and i am sorry for stealing that picture of you two off of Dani's Facebook page.