A friend recently posted on Facebook that she had been married 11 years today. I remember her bridal shower and her wedding very clearly; I think I even served cake at the reception or something. Anyway, I started thinking about all the things that happened to me that year: I started working for the state, I moved, I got a dog, I visited New York City.
It seems that since I've graduated college, the important events in my life are a blur. I have not been all that great at writing them down, unfortunately. So, I started to jot down the milestones in my life since 1995.
Moving out on my own. Getting a dog. Moving to Washington, D.C. Moving back from Washington, D.C. Getting my current job. Meeting my significant other.
What makes a milestone? I think there are collective milestones, like 9/11. I thought of that horrific event as one for me, as it is for most people in this country.
I think parents count the births of their children (as they should). I've witnessed enough of my friends' stories of childbirth numerous times so I know this. And unfortunately, deaths of loved ones will also be a milestone. I know this is coming.
So what are your milestones?
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The milestone for me is the day we were sitting in PE together and you had to go home because you had such a crazy bad neck cramp. I know we had been friends before that but I remember that moment as the start of our very long friendship.
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