Jeremy <3

Tonight my brother came to siena, he is fourteen, his name is jeremy and he is one of my best friends in the whole world. I haven't seen him in a month and i was shocked by how much he had grown and matured in that one short month. I was almost in tears when he hugged me hello because he's now practically my height. We went out as a family for dinner, but then the rents left and jere and i had some quality sibling time where we caught up. at one point we went down to the soccer field and ran. as i showed him the campus. he kept asking what we're were going to do next, and i kept saying i didn't know, we should just go with the flow and do whatever. he was amazed by the freedom that college kids have and said "it must be great to do whatever you want whenever you want"
that really got me thinking about things. when you first get to college, one of the big things is independence and freedom. and although that is true to an extent, would it really be an okay thing if we just ran around and did whatever we want whenever we wanted? there are times when i don't want to get up and go to class, or do my laundry, and i'm sure there are going to be days when i'm not going to want to go to my worksite or blog (but i assure you that day won't come for a long time:) but sometimes we're going to have to do things we don't want because people are counting on us to do our share. when we let someone down, by not showing up to a work site, or coming unprepared, it's not only unprofessional and disrespectful to others, but they will no longer think of us the same way or think we are invested in what we are doing.
as a team, as a community, the only way we can grow is by trusting each other, and the only way we can trust each other is by proving ourselves trustworthy, dependable and invested in our mission.

Blove from the brinkmann siblings! <3