Sunday, March 16, 2014

Facebook Turns 10

I got the idea for this post from a cousin of mine...

Earlier this year, facebook released "video highlights" from your time on facebook.  It's a 30 second film, highlighting some of your posts and pictures.  However, like my cousin, I feel that my facebook highlight film fell short of the true highights of the last 9-10 years of my life.

I joined facebook 9 years ago, in 2005, while a junior in college.

Since then...

Summer 2006:  I graduated from Northern Iowa, and made a huge leap by moving to Kansas City for a job teaching in Liberty, Missouri.  I look back on that move, and I don't know how I did it.  I didn't have any friends in Kansas City, I didn't know the area...it was scary!  I ended up getting a cat, Isabelle (Bella), and seriously thought about the possibility of someday becoming a crazy cat lady.

Spring 2007:  I met a guy that I knew I could never marry, but dating him helped me to find myself and grow as a young, strong, independent woman.  He taught me many valuable lessons about myself.

February 2009:  My mom had a brain aneurism.  She honestly could have died, and for awhile we weren't sure how her recovery would go.  I didn't know if my wonderful rock of a mother would still be around.  If I thought my move to Kansas City was scary...  I impressed myself by stepping up and being a rock when my mom was unable to be.  I didn't know before that I had that strength.  Thankfully, and against all odds, she had a full and complete recovery, and has resumed "the rock" status in our family.

May 2009:  A few months later, I met a guy named Chris Gilmore.  He seemed a lot different than the other guys I had dated.  He wanted to hang out with me...almost every day.  He took an interest in my friends, and shared his interests with me.  He made me laugh....a lot.

Fall 2009:  I convinced Chris to adopt a German Shepherd named Fiona who desperately needed a good, safe, loving home.  I didn't realize I would never escape her immeasurable shedding!

November 2010:  This wonderful man asked me to marry him!

April 2011:  Chris and I bought a quarter-season ticket package for the Kansas City Royals.  My love of baseball and the Royals was born, and we have been season ticket holders ever since.

June 23, 2012:  I married my best friend, surrounded by my closest friends and relatives.

March 2014:  We're buying a house!

and finally, most importantly...We're having A BABY in September!!!!!!