I spent the day in Indianapolis with thousands of women at the "Women of Faith" conference. I heard some inspirational talks and great worship music. I also got to see Third Day perform live, which was fantastic!
I didn't expect the music to keep coming (although a different type of music) when I returned home to Putnam County. I picked up my son at my parents' house and headed to downtown Greencastle, where my friend Di had been hanging out with her twins at the Greencastle Music Fest.
To my surprise, half of the courthouse square had been fenced off and people were playing cornhole, dancing, enjoying a beer garden, eating from the food vendor, and enjoying two stages of music. The Flying Toasters were setting up when I got there and I stayed through about 5 songs. During that time, I ran into one of my mother's cousin's husbands, Jack Patterson. He was living in the assisted living facility near the square and was there with his girlfriend, since his wife had died some years earlier. He chatted with me and gave me a dollar to put in Walker's piggy bank.
I also ran into one of the coaches of South Putnam sports, who talked to me about coaching the girls basketball team this year. I just don't see how I could do it with my travel schedule.
I really felt like I wasn't IN Putnam County, as this sort of event never happened (or I never knew about it) growing up here. The fact that people were walking around drinking a beer in the open and enjoying a really great band for FREE!! blew my mind. I am going to come back to this next year and make a day of it and make sure that I bring some other couples to hang with.
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