How I've Changed Over The Last Five Years
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How I've Changed Over The Last Five Years

A Facebook memory that got me thinking

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The other day as I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline checking out spring break photo albums and funny GIFs, the app decided to remind me of a certain photo I had posted five years earlier. Now we've all seen these lovely blasts from the pasts, either on our own timeline or others. And I, like so many others, usually exit out of these memories and keep scrolling. But something about this particular photo stuck out to me.

In it, I was 15 almost 16, with about two feet more hair than I have now, smiling with a group of friends. Memories of that night flooded back to me, as I thought about what I had worn, who I had hung out with. I also thought about how the girl in that photo is different from the one who is writing this article. And there are so many ways, so much the last 5 years has afforded and changed me.

The girl in that photo didn't know where she would go to college. She didn't know the friends she would make there that would change her life. She didn't know what she would major in. She didn't know of the relationship she would find with Jesus. She didn't know of all the heartache, laughter, and wonderfulness the next five years would hold.

In that picture, I was worried about not getting my license soon enough, of never reaching high school graduation. But all those milestones came too quickly. All the things I worried about came to pass and blessings abounded with them. New people came into my life, as my old friends remained by my side. I think that goes to show you how life has a beautiful way of working out just the way it should.

So thank you Facebook, for that lovely reminder of the beautiful course my life has taken the last five years. I can't wait for the next five.


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