Day 25 - like it was yesterday

My 27 year old daughter will spend this weekend celebrating the wedding of a friend she has known since the age of 2.  They've been through it all together.

When they met I was 31.  Now I am 56.  Not quite double - but close.  And she is darn close to the age I was then.

She posted this picture on her Facebook page, and said "it feels like just yesterday." And I agree it does.

Yet as I think over the years in between, it also feels like about five lifetimes ago.  Changes of career.  Of relationships.  Of geography.  So much packed into such a short period of time.

This is how I make peace with the swift passage of time.   If I look back and feel like I wasted some of it (oh - I do wish I had majored in something different in college!) - then I will be disappointed.  But if I am able to look back over that time and think "wow - look at how much happened!" then hopefully it will feel like time well spent.

I cherish the memories of these girls when they were little.  Sleepovers, graduations, trick or treating, and elementary school 'turkey trot's... all fun.  And at the same time, I so value and appreciate the beautiful, intelligent women they have become.

Blessings on your wedding, FCR.  May it be a lifetime of beauty and love.  And thank you to the rest of the family - Cami, Mike, and Mia - for taking Anna in as a part of your family, You have no idea how much it has meant to her, and to me.

​Live well.  Cherish every moment.

Love and gratitude,

Mimi

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