I love seeing the pictures of y’all minus 10 years. Well I’m going to take it back. Way back. Like 25 years back to 1994-1995.
I just turned 45, and I’m on cloud nine. My 40’s have been my BEST YEARS. The smile was still real at 21, but much of life was uncertain. I was caught in comparison traps, unsure of myself, constantly tired from balancing 21 credit hours my senior year at UF, and trying too hard to make spiritually and emotionally unevenly yoked into the perfect relationship.
Fast forward 2.5 decades, and my smile is relaxed. I AM relaxed. Relaxed but driven. Relaxed but wise. Relaxed and loved.
My hair is gray and I could lose a few pounds. My back aches when it rains and I can’t stay up too late without dragging butt the next day. BUT I’m healthy, happy, and appreciated. I have accomplished a lot professionally, personally, and physically. (Three marathons to be precise.) Most of all, I know who Jesus is. He’s my life source, my shield, and the reason why I made it through so much.
So the pictures are faded, but they aren’t filtered. Filters take away the purity of the sunshine, the real. The selfies were for my husband as he says he “misses my face” when he’s traveling or I’m traveling. I’ll share these once with you.
It’s fun to “take it way back in pictures”, but it’s always wonderful to live in the “now”. #howhaveyouagedchallenge #age #agedwell #era #25years
