Rewind. Pause. Fast Forward. Watch the change.

Yes, I do realize that it has been over a week since my last post. I also realize that I don't have any regular readers, so it's okay (haha). 


When I look around, it feels like my friends are on fast forward. 
For example, I just found out that one of my best girl friends went to a school dance with a boy that I didn't even know. 
I also found out that next year will be some of my friends' senior year in high-school. Etc.
To top that all off, when I went to a high-school basketball tournament last night, I had one of the weirdest moments of my life (thus far). 


As I was sitting in the stands cheering for "my" team, I thought I recognized several of the younger boys playing on the JV team. After a while of speculating who a particular little mannish-boy was, I consulted my friend Tiffany.  
She was sitting next to me and I asked: "Is that really ____?" She kindly confirmed my assumption. 
I knew him when I was about six... I also had not seen him since then. 
Just imagine my shock at seeing how different he was. 
It was dizzying to say the very least -- I did not even know what to think about all this. 


Perplexing questions started streaming through my head. 
Why had this little kid grown up? Why on earth was he taller than me? Why, why, why???
Why do we have to grow-up and change?


I never really knew this guy, he was a real pill (not to mention kind of obnoxious and had bullying tendencies) and I always tried to stay away from him. 
Even though he was more muscular, tall, and hairy than I remember, he was still that same kid (but I do not know how). 
I didn't say hi to him... mostly because I didn't really know what to say -- we weren't exactly what you'd call "friends". 


Usually older people have these moments of amazement at how kids grow-up — times change so much.


People who haven't seen me in a while still remember me as "the shy kid." 
To my extreme embarrassment, I saw a lady who I had not seen in a good 10 years. 
Guess what she said... oh dear.


She said, "Oh, I remember you. You were that quiet Snavely girl. Are you really still that shy or did you grow out of that?" 


Oh man. I hope I eventually live that down. Thankfully, 5th grade was my last year of that... 
For the record, I'm not "still that shy." 


Sometimes I feel like my life is on pause while everyone else's lives are on fast forward. I feel like I haven't changed too much and every one else it basically a different person now. 


Of course this is a natural part of life... I guess the part of life that I hadn't ever thought about before. Until now.
And still, I find it exceedingly odd to see everyone changing so much.



It'll be interesting to see how everyone changes in the next five years... and to see what God has planned for the kids of this generation. I have a feeling it will be something tremendous.


I guess growth is a good thing - strange, but good.


I'm thankful that God allowed me to change. 
Shoot! Some of those memories are still kind of embarrassing...