For the Love of Mornings

Sunrise over Lake Michigan with Smith 5 & Culby 16.

The break of dawn arrives in the large city of Chicago, just as it does every morning. The ever bustling city is already awake and moving forward. You can hear a few birds chirping, intermixed with car alarms, welcoming the sun back from its slumber.

I’m a morning person, a happy early riser. Mornings are an important time of day. It’s a time that others take for granted and would like to skip altogether if possible in favor of slumber. I love sipping my coffee while watching LaSalle Blvd wake up and become a congested road of impatient taxies, bulky buses, and other normal cars just going about their day.

I love the quiet and calmness that overtakes Moody’s campus before professors, faculty, and students pour into Sweeting and the other buildings.

Watching the sunrise over Lake Michigan has become one of my favorite things in Chicago. Sitting in the sand surrounded by Lake Shore Drive, the city, and the Lake is a unique experience.

Mornings. Love them.