All I need is a Little Coffee and a Whole lot of Jesus

 He's smooth, very rich, wonderfully sweet to me, but has a dark side. The moment he touches my lips I'm filled with pure bliss and delicious happiness. That's right, I'm talking about coffee. Coffee, the elixir of life and the best part of any day. My love for this magic potion didn't start until college when my friend Julie introduced me to the French Press. She showed me what quality coffee tasted like and it was love at first taste! Since then our relationship has grown into an amazing love that transcends time. 

Now, I'm not going to go on about coffee for 5 paragraphs, that would bore you to tears. Instead I want to tell you why coffee has become a very important part of my life these last few months. 

It's been no secret that I've had a rough transition moving here and I'm still fighting with it everyday. I've found myself smack dab in the middle of the burbs in Ohio....the last place I want to be. One of the many downfalls of the burbs is the sea of Starbucks. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Bucks but I came from Bozeman where unique, fun, and awesome coffee shops were a stone throw away at all times. I expressed my anguish to my new and fabulous friend Sophia and she said she was also suffering from a Starbucks overload. We decided to stick it to the burbs and find unique, fun, and awesome coffee shops in the greater Cincinnati area. Since then it has been a weekly pilgrimage to different coffee shops we find on Urban Spoon (such a genius invention). We've been to coffee shops that house libraries, knick-knacks galor, chocolate covered wine bottles, overpriced crossiants, and even a coffee shop that used to be a house. With each trip I get more excited to see new parts of the city and try some new brews. We have even gotten a few more girls (shout out to Paige and Keri!) along for the journey and it really has turned into the best part of my week. 

Meeting with these ladies each week has made this whole process a lot easier. They've given me friendship, support, love, spiritual peace, and hope that I will actually survive the burbs! I know this transition is going to be a very long and painful process for me. This has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and I long for the day where I can be back West. But in the mean time all I need is a little coffee and a whole lot of Jesus. Thank you ladies for sharing your love of coffee with me and for welcoming me with open arms! I'm already excited for next week ;)

Maddie