How Time Goes By

Tomorrow is Graduation Day here at the University of Michigan, and I had to count on TWO HANDS the number of years that have passed since I walked across the stadium grounds. I graduated from college seven years ago. Seven! And I finished graduate school five years ago. Five!

So many things have happened in my life since 2002.

I was blessed with two nieces. Two!

I moved to Washington, DC:

I made some amazing, wonderful friends.


I visited Kristen in London. Twice:

I interned and worked at the Smithsonian Institution:

I moved back to Michigan:

I went to California for the first time for my old roommate's wedding:

I visited my cousin in Arizona:

I stood up in five weddings:

My beautiful cousin, Holley

My friend for life, Kelly

My new sister, Kari

My darling Merrick

(And there's one other wedding, but it doesn't technically count, because the real one is this summer.)

And finally, I met the love of my life:

I know that all of my life choices brought me here, and I wouldn't change a thing. So on Graduation Day here in Ann Arbor, I am excited for those starting their journeys - I hope that their experiences are as wonderful as mine!