As I have mentioned several times recently, it is amazing and wonderful to me that CVCA alumni want to hang out with me and Mer. On Tuesday, we headed over to Medina, about forty minutes away. I had never been to the old square in Medina, and it turned out to be really cute, with a ton of green space and lots of small, independent shops. Mer and I parked near the square and headed across it to Sully’s, an Irish pub, to meet our former student Kim. We were close to Kim, to the point where we called her a “grandchild,” since we met her through students we termed the “children.”

Kim had set up the dinner, and it was spectacular. The pub was amazing. They have live Irish music on Fridays and Saturdays, and during the week they play Irish music over the stereo system. Mer and I heard a bunch of bands and songs we knew. The food was great, with typical Irish pub fare, but with American bar/pub food as well. It was great visiting with Kim; we talked about CVCA and college. After supper, Kim walked all around the square with us, solidifying my opinion that Medina is a great little town.

Continuing the alumni visits, on Thursday we headed over to the far west side of Akron, to the Fairlawn area, to meet up with Mike for ice cream at Cold Stone. Mike was also a student of both of ours (Mer – English, me – Fools improv), and he spent a year in South Africa on a long-term mission trip. He is going to college at Malone, and he is pretty interesting to talk with. We enjoyed sitting outside and chatted for almost two hours. These are the types of relationships that solidly keep me in Christian education – what a joy for us that young people want to hang out with me and Mer.