I turn 30 today.
Last night amidst a torrential lightening storm, I stayed up late looking at old photos, as one often does, when times like these come around.
August 2011
age 28
Our engagement photo, circa July 2004.
age 21
The image is poor, because it’s a scanned copy of a photo that is stuck to the glass of the photo frame.
But you get the idea. We’re happy, we’re in love.
Us + Hyrum, Salem, Amalia, & Asher.
August 2011
age 28
May 2009
age 26
Salem
August 2011
age 28
Summer 2003 as an EFY summer counselor.
age 20
sometime, 1984
This picture is a bit eerie–I look so much like Salem in this picture.
My brother Loren, my mom & sister Colette (love the fros, ladies!)
I think I’m about 3 here, so sometime 1986ish.
I never did learn how to play the piano.
But, it’s not a goal I’ve given up on yet.
1987 or 1988
My brother Nate, my doll Purple, & me at one my favorite spots in Mt. Rainier park.
I think 5 or 6 here. So, around 1989.
My senior pic.
2001
Oy vey, it looks an awful lot like a glamor shot, doesn’t it?
I should have known better.
April 2011
age 28
Salem in the sling.
With child (Amalia)
June 2008
age 26
August 2010
age 27
Amalia, before she plumped up.
August 2008
age 26
A few hours before Amalia was born.
July 2008
age 26
You know what I realized as I was looking through these old pictures?
I was way too hard on myself. I always thought I wasn’t skinny or pretty enough. Silly. I guess that’s what a little age does to you. You realize your perceived imperfections or shortcomings were not exactly as dramatic as you remembered.
Now that my twenties are behind me, I still feel young in many ways, but I’m glad I’ve earned the perspective I have now.
I am thankful, humbled by the fact that I was blessed to meet & marry the person whom I love the most. To have children with him, & to watch life unfold in a beautiful, sometimes messy & chaotic, interesting way.
Here’s to another decade.
Here’s to 30.
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