My kids are rubbing off on me

I am kind of young.

Especially for being a "grown up".

And not only that, but I look like I'm 16. Case in point... oftentimes when new teens come, they ask me who the youth pastor is... or they'll ask me where I go to school, and so on.

I find that I often blend in and parents have a hard time finding me among the 70 teens in the gym. It's much easier to find the tall bald man :)

Part of the reason I blend in is because I often dress like I'm 16. You will more than likely find me wearing ripped jeans, flip flops and a t-shirt rather than a dress or suit.

I am influenced by what the kids are wearing... even though I don't always notice it.

I bought some tennis shoes the other day because I liked them. I've seen them before and I have always kind of liked them. I wore them to youth group and the kids were laughing at me... I couldn't figure out why. Then Javier told me: The shoes I'd bought (Nike Cortez's) are "gangster shoes"... and apparently seeing this little blond girl wearing them made all my kids laugh. But I've decided I like them anyway :)
There are things like that that I just don't understand... or realize. Part of it I think is growing up in Oregon and not really being around the "LA atmosphere"... I am working in a very urban youth group... and I absolutely LOVE it. I wouldnt trade it for the world... although I am apparently still a little clueless. Luckily my kids manage to look past that.

But I am noticing that they are rubbing off on my a little:
:)