time passes in moments

21 years.


17 years.


14 years.


6 years.


4 years.


Over the course of my 22 years, I've gone to five different schools, lived with 25 different girls, faithfully attended 3 churches, and lived in 3 different towns. And through it all--the schooling, the summers, the moves (mine and theirs), and life changes, I have a large number of friendships that have lasted across time and varying distances.

I'm always aware of the amazing, long-term friendships peppered throughout my life and how blessed I am that those long-term relationships are still some of my strongest. In fact, most of these people I still see/keep in touch with every week, every day, or, uh, live with. Of course, not everyone is pictured here... each photo represents a group of very special people in my life. And dates (especially the early ones!) are approximate.

But how cool is it that some of the relationships that have lasted the longest are represented by pictures taken just two days ago?

I've been very blessed with (and by) these people who stick around. :)

Posted by The Hammer on Monday, September 18, 2006 at 12:12 PM | Permalink