This past week, I had the opportunity to travel to the dead center of Illinois to meet with some great folks at Lincoln Christian College. Afterwards, I had time to go about an hour out of my way to visit my good friends, Jeff and Karen Parish and their six kids. They live in a very old farmhouse that they've almost completely renovated--it's beautifully done--near Mattoon, Illinois.
We ate pizza. We watched American Idol together . . .
We went to Dairy Queen. I think Janell was concerned that I was the only one who didn't order a Blizzard . . .
And we just sat around and talked and laughed. It was a great time. It's pretty amazing how good friendships can survive the miles and the years.
2 comments:
Oh my goodness, Palmer! You were really close to where I'm from (my sister had her rehearsal dinner in Lincoln)! You're pretty accurate to call it the 'dead center' of Illinois. We prefer to call it the 'heart of Illinois.' ;-)
My bad . . . the heart of the state it is.
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