Today, I placed a banana chip on my tongue
and I tasted the mountains in China I tasted the hour-long bus ride and listening to Vespers and the honking horns when the sheep crowded the road I tasted sweet watermelon and the smell of pine and running down a mountain towards the safety of my brothers laughing at the panic of the coming rain and the deeper panic of my new love close to perceived danger Today, as I savored my banana chip I savored the memory of V's living room where I first learned how to say "how much" or "thank you" I savored the memory of eating naan pizza and hurriedly creating new batches for the group of hungry men coming over I savored the sweet image my God had given me Brothers and sisters, voices raised in their own language, singing and praising Him Today, I ate a banana chip and it was like eating summer's sunshine The 24-hour drive across the country to Montana Jam sessions and no sleep and the tiny town in North Dakota with $.50 coffee Meeting Hayden for the first time and listening to Harry Potter Eating a buffalo burger and climbing 1200 feet and scampering under a waterfall Today, I am thankful for banana chips for the memories and for the sweet crunchy taste I am thankful for my time in China I am thankful for my love I am thankful for summer sun I am thankful for mountains and for adventures I am thankful that sometimes the only reminder my soul needs of goodness is a banana chip
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