A weekend in Virginia
I'm choosing to reflect on my weekend adventure on this blog - not my Rochester MVS blog - because it is a period of my life that has significance above and beyond, and mostly unrelated to, my time in the Flower City. Not that all of life is not interconnected and my experience in Rochester did not shape my visit and likewise my visit will not shape that experience. But because the relationships and people I shared food and celebration with this past weekend have influenced other parts of my life more in the past, and I expect in the future as well. Their love, acceptance, support, and hugs have shaped more than my MVS year and I want - and expect - them to continue to impact my life long after my time in Rochester has come to a close. And so, my reflections on a fall weekend spent in Virginia: I traveled at least a few hours every day for 5 days to see the man I love, celebrate an american tradition, experience the reunion of college roommates and attend at a wedding of two d...