18. My Jacket

Today it snowed in Provo for the first time this season. It definitely wasn't the coldest it's ever been around here, or will be, but I was very happy to have my jacket today to help keep me warm. Of course, in thinking about this it also makes me realize that something as simple as a jacket is a blessing in my life that some people don't don't have. And this, of course, helps me better appreciate something as simple as this.

The jacket that I wear most of the time also has some sentimental value to it. It's a jacket that I bought my freshman year of college. I was living in the dorms on a floor of about 30-40 guys. At some point in the year a bunch of guys went out and bought the same jacket from Wal-Mart. I really still wear it just because I like it and haven't bought a new jacket since then, but it was fun at the time and still reminds me occasionally of good times from freshman year.