Memory Lane

Today I was home sick. And yes, I was actually sick. Strep...thanks to my kids and a sinus infection...thanks to allergies from living in the south and I guess genetics. With that said this is not a post related to teaching, my career etc...its just a random post. So, you've been warned.

While home sick today and bored out of my mind, I found myself searching through old photo albums and boxes with cards and letters. And wow, I may only be 24 but I feel like so many of those things were from a lifetime ago. A good chunk of things were from college, which is hard to believe that next week it will have been 2 years since I graduated! So much has changed since then. So much has changed in the last few months, let alone last few years! Looking through all of those pictures and things was just a big reminder of how different I am, how much I've changed. When you're in college you think you're so grown up, etc. But low and behold that's just the beginning of "growing up". I was such a different person then. I guess that's the beauty of getting older, you learn to appreciate the changes in your life and are able to look back and see where you came from. I guess its also makes me hopeful for the future. I would like to think that I've been hopeful and happy all these years, but I think part of that is learning that our definitions of hopeful and happy change along with us and that's ok to. Its ok to change and grow, its all a part of this little adventure we call life.