Missing Minnesota...

I am really longing to be back in Minneapolis today. I wish there was snow on the ground, or even some ice...I miss Bluer, and women's group. I miss my friends Patsy, Amy, Jen, Jamie...and the rest of you. I miss going to a church that is REAL even if the realness is not pretty, or even if it's beautiful...I miss seeing people who are NOT normal. I miss going to church with people who are not normal according to society, yet they don't care and are not trying to meet society's standards...I miss sitting on a couch with a coffee table to put my feet upon in church. I miss candles and techno worship music...I miss impromptu gatherings at Bryan and Jamie's after church or on a Friday night...I miss good chinese food...good italian food...good grocery stores - well, ones that don't sell outdated dairy and meat. I miss praying together, sharing what's REALLY going on inside, what God's doing in our lives...I miss being able to just journal during church if God is doing something in me outside of the service...crying without everyone thinking I'm a nut...I miss being around people who are not constantly trying to be the world's version of perfect. I miss busy streets and city lights. I miss going out to dinner with Amy...I miss my friend Joyce at work cracking jokes that are not that funny, but because she laughs, they are hilarious...I miss Minneapolis...I miss the crazy lady that used to come in the office and cuss like she had terret's ( i have no idea how to spell that), and then talk about her birds and her hair while she was ringing the bell on the counter a million times loudly...I am really...truly...missing Minnesota.