525600 Minutes
January 1st, 2014 by Karen
Well, technically it’s been 3,515,040 minutes or…
210,902,400 seconds…
58,584 hours…
2441 days…
or a grand total of 6 years, 8 months, and 5 days since I posted the photo of my sister Karey and I as my Facebook profile picture.
So much as happened in those nearly seven years…
- Karey graduated from high school and college, got married, bought a house, and is getting a dog.
- Our brother bought a house, switched jobs and is smiling more than I can ever recall before.
- My husband and I have gone through 3 cars, pneumonia that nearly killed us both, a major overhaul of our business and more Excedrin and Tums than I care to admit.
- Maria has grown from a wide-eyed six year old with a shattered elbow to a confident, strong, responsible young lady.
- Alex has gone from three to ten and from his love of Legos to his love of Legos that he can control with programming.
- And little two year old Sophia has taken those lovely eyes of hers and set them firmly on world domination. Or something glittery. It’s hard to say some days.
Along the way, we’ve gained family (yay Kirk!), we’ve lost a lot (Grandpa Bill, Uncle Allen, Aunt Marge, Aunt Louise, Grandma Kay, and Stephen just to name a few), and we’ve made a bucketful of new friends. We’ve done our best to make the most of every minute of these years and, though we may have worked too much and played too little, it was memorable nonetheless.
And I know that 9077 days ago, I got something I never had before and I know I’ll never have another one of…a little sister.
Also, I know how much she hates that “old” profile picture of the two of us from 7 years ago, so today, for the very first time, I’ve updated my profile photo. (I’ll just have to wait another 7 years before she appreciates the youthful, unwrinkled faces in that “old” picture. 😉 )
Happy New Year…may it bring us all many blessings!
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