Then and Now

Every once and a while I come across an old picture that stuns me. I realize that the girl I see is me, but she seems so much NOT like who I really am. I don't ever want to go back to her life, but at the same time I have to respect her for what she dealt with and be grateful for the blessing of people who saw more in her.....more in me than I saw in myself - giving me what I needed to feel worthy of a happy fulfilled life!

December 2006


December 2009

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