a glimpse of sharon world...

*blogged in the wee morning of january 14th - mind still working as if it's jan 13* :P

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANNON!!! wow. twenty. i still remember all those times we had when we were younger. t w e n t y. crazy. we've come a long way...everybody has.

as much as i hate to admit it, i'm growing up - we all are. people around me are turning twenty, "young'ns" are turning 18 and are starting university next year. i'm in first year already. i'm still young to many, but getting older in the eyes of others. i remember being really little (around 6) and thinking to myself, "i wonder what i'll be like when i'm 16". well, 16 has come...and gone.

it's so easy to live in the past. i do it all the time. i love reminiscing. i love spending time and looking at pictures. i love going home and taking out the baby albums and going through them. then taking out the family vacation albums and seeing the differences in lizzie, mommy, daddy and me through the years. i love talking with my sister and just remembering what it was like "back then". the days where Liz would be just down the hall, in her room - just a yell away, instead of 123498735 miles away. even now as i'm blogging i can't help but get a little teary-eyed. those were good times. then i'd move onto the more recent pictures. pictures of Daniel camps, my baptism, more family vacations, church friends, school friends, rcm convocation, arts york grad, prom, commencement - all the memories that have become a part of me. i love soaking in the memories all over again. remembering. trying to hold on. and yet, i know i need to embrace the future, and move forward - one day at a time. my journey here isn't quite finished yet...