The Kid in Me….

Being a youth leader affords me the opportunity of being a kid… alot.  I get to let my hair down, act stupid, and get away with it.  The beauty of it is those aged 12-18 think that I’m cool whereas doing stuff like that at the office?  Not so much.  (And I do it at the office, but I don’t get the same response…)

There is very little proof, documented anyway, of me acting like a kid.  The main reason is that I’m always the one taking the pictures.  Actually, I take that back.  If you visit the MySpace pages of the majority of my youth members, there might be some pictures that I chose not to share with the rest of the world… or at least my true “grown up friends”…

However, this morning, I read about a contest at 5 Minutes For Mom and they want to see a picture that captures the kid in you.

I immediately thought of a picture that, to me, would fit this description for me.  To many, it might not be anything special, but to me, at a pretty dark time in my life, it was a bright spot.

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Yup, that’s me… jump roping… and it was the first time that I had picked up a jump rope in I can’t tell you how long…. and it was fun as I skipped around that tennis court, showing my kids just how awesome I am.

So there it is… a picture that captures the kid in me… and not one of me being totally off the wall for the entertainment of others.  That, dear readers, was for me.

For more pictures of the kid in others or to enter your own for the chance to win a Wii, head over to 5 Minutes for Mom.

And if you do enter, leave me a comment… I’d love to see the kid in you!

Until next time…