Dh was visiting my parents a week or two ago and brought home a video for me. I made it around Christmas/New Year 1990-1991 at Comiso Air Station, Sicily, Italy and sent it to my parents so they could see my children, my townhouse, and a few things in town. I hadn't seen it since I sent it to them, so 18+ years.
On it I saw a friend I very recently reconnected with via Facebook, along with her two tiny children who are now in college. I saw how I looked with chiseled facial structure vs. the soft and saggy face I have now. I saw myself with a 25" waist. Won't even tell you what it is now. I saw my now-married son when he was still having minor speech articulation problems due to being only 4 years old. I saw my dd who is a mother now as a baby who gallumped across the floor because she didn't yet crawl. I took a tour of my old townhouse that was virtually identical to my memory of it.
Ds2 was not even imagined at that point and certainly none of the other life-changing events that came after that. It's easy to say, oh, those were the good old days, when I was so young and my children were so sweet, but to tell the truth, my life is a lot more complicated now than it was then, but it is ever so much happier.
mmmmmmmmm it can be kind of odd to look back and see yourself as you were *then* and how much things have changed.
ReplyDeleteHope DS enjoys it and the wedding all goes well.