Changes~Years Gone By

OK, call me sentimental, but I love to reminisce. I love listening to my Dad tell stories of us kids growing up. I love looking back with my siblings and laughing at all the times we've enjoyed being with each other. I'm most fond of the reminiscing I do with my close friends.
In the process of packing to move I have come across several mementos of times past. Everything from awards I've won, to letters written to me by my loving husband before we were married, to pictures of family and friends. Of course my favorite are the pictures. Some of the memories are ones I'm not so proud of and yet others I look and can't help but smile. I am taken back to a time in which has too easily been forgotten. The older I get the faster time does seem to go by. Although 30 is very young, the closer I get to reaching that milestone the more I regret not taking those times in my life in with more respect for time itself. I am so grateful for the relationships I have made. I am all the more grateful for those relationships that have stood the test of time. And I am even more happy for those relationships in which have been rekindled, you know who are ;0). Time changes things. In many way I am happy that time has changed who I am. I am not the person I was in many of those memories. I look forward to making new memories, some with old friends whom I cherish so very much and others with those I will meet and create something new. For those who have stuck it out with me, I thank you for putting up with much of my growing (which is still taking place). To those I've hurt, I'm sorry for causing you pain and ask that you forgive me. To those who know me so, better than most, I thank you for loving me. I thank all of my friends for loving me for who I am. I look forward to creating new memories. I love each of you so dearly.
See, I told you. I am such a pile of mush. Though crazy hormones are part of my make-up right now, this is all very true (hormonal or not). The older I get the more I value relationships, genuine relationships.
OK, so I know some of you might send out an order to hurt me for posting what is to follow, but I couldn't help it. Through the sorting of all the mementos I found pictures from a time long ago. Like 15 years ago. I was wondering if any of you knew some of these people.