Spring Break

This spring break my family and I took a trip to our nation's capital Washington D.C. for a couple of days.  There was history in this town wherever you turned and it was almost surreal to take it all in.

To see all the monuments that you have seen in photos as a child was truly astounding.  In person the size of these great pieces of artwork took your breathe away.  When you see them for the first time like that you appreciate not just the work that must have been done, but how significant these artifacts are to our nation.  They symbolize our nation's past and to witness all of it can really humble you.

Another amazing thing about the monuments was that some of the great ones I did not know existed until I saw them.  The Martin Luther King monument had recently been completed last summer and I knew nothing about it.  Then when I was taken to and learned the backstory behind it, that it was created by a chinese man who prior to it knew zero about the man was perplexing at first.  Then it was revealed that he read all his works to get a sense of the man and know him through the speeches was inspiring.  The way that he incorporated that into the statue was also, very interesting.

However, my whole trip was made with the people that I went with, my family.  They are not always the easiest to get along with or agree with, but I could not imagine the trip without them. The moments you remember are the ones that you did not intend on happening because they are made by the people not the place.

Anyone who usually comes to my blog for the latest sports news I' am sorry, but I'll be getting back to that in my next post you can count on it.