I remember times when my mom reminisced about the "good ole days" and oh how I would laugh at her. After all, I never bought a pickle for a nickle! Now that I'm on the other side of childhood, I reflect too just like mom did! Often times I find myself using terms like "back in the day" or "we used to do this and that..." The younger people laugh at me when I take them down memory lane. We've gone from records to iPods, outdoor games (that required some imagination) to XBOX360 and Wii, typewriters to computers, checks to debit cards, dinner together to eating in shifts, and yelling for someone in the house to texting them!
I suppose reflection is our way of coping with the ebbs and flows of life experiences. As I think about changes in my lifetime, the most significant one for me was my transformation from a girl to a woman. Not just outwardly, but inwardly, the part that no can "see". It's been a journey that's tailor made for me and I love the woman I am today! I pause when I think about all the people God has used to bring about that transformation. The cool thing is God isn't finsished with me yet. Change? Nah, it ain't so bad :) Technological advances? Well that's another story!
