I got my driver’s license renewed this morning. Usually the DMV is like a foreshadowing of hell. But not this morning.
When I took my picture the lady said, “You smiled in your last picture, so I want you to smile again.”
So I did. Sort of.
A lot changes in five years, huh?
I got married
I became a father
I lost my job at CCM
I wrote 16 books (4 were co-written)
I lost a lot of hair
I gained 40 pounds and then lost 50
Those are just some of the highlights. And apparently Tennessee’s DMV has changed. Maybe they found Jesus. Or Buddha. Or perhaps they’re kindness was just because I was the first one in line that had all of the necessary documentation.
Or maybe I’ve changed.
What’s changed for you in the last five years?
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You have changed!
For me:
1. I started my second church.
2. I made some new friends.
3. I started running and ran a marathon last week!
4. I started Twittering, blogging, and Facebooking.
5. I watched one son graduate high school and soon will watch the other.
Wait a minute, my list seems a lot more boring than yours. What have I done with my time?
In five years I have also gotten married and become a parent. I believe I’ve also gained 40 pounds, but I still need to work on the losing part…
Let’s see
A dream came true for me and I started singing professionally
I got married
Had a 9lb 2 oz son
lost my job
husband got laid off
gained 20 lbs
had a miscarriage
came to know the Lord in a deeper more authentic way
read your book “Churched” and loved it!
1. Quit my job
2. Had three kids, with one on the way (there has got to be something in the water)
3. Moved to a different state
4. Found a new appreciation for Jesus
5. Remained sane without medication!
FYI…congratulations on not gaining the husband (pregnancy) “sympathy” weight!! Marriage and Fatherhood appear to be agreeing with you.
1. i met the love of my life, and nearly lost my own.
2. i survived and grew into a more whole person.
3. i lost 30 lbs, and then gained 40.
4. i relocated from nashville to austin.
5. i became a mother.
6. i lost 20 lbs!
7. i’m writing a book in my head, about all of the above. maybe soon i’ll put it down on paper.
I started dating long distance (michigan to new mexico)
I moved to Cape Cod to nanny 6 children
I got engaged (still long distance)
I got married
I moved to New Mexico
I got my first full time job ever, and do not love working full time.
I’ll be going back to school (along with my hubby) soon so that I will not have to work full time.
🙂
One of the following items is not true. Can guess thing has not happened in the last five years?
1. I written 11 books (if you count the three unpublished ones from this year).
2. I changed jobs.
3. I purchased and moved into the house my wife grew up in.
4. I lost 15 pounds and competed in a long-distance swimming event and couple of triathlons.
5. I started a website, a blog, and a book series.
6. I scaled the Empire State Building using a complicated system of modified plungers and double-sided tape.
I stayed married
I started a discipleship school
I lost my job at the church
I stopped reading CCM
I helped write 3 books
I started blogging
I moved from religion to relationship
1. I’m still trying to lose 50 lbs.
2. I’m still homeschooling my three kids (they’re older now 🙂 )
3. Found out that my husband was cheating on me.
4. Leaning on Christ more than ever.
5. Started blogging, twittering, and facebooking.
Mlpinky in Canada
Yeah, we won’t go into my life changes. But I will say this:
I don’t think you’ve lost that much hair. It just moved lower on your face.
🙂
I think your skin looks much better and the “loss” of hair shows it off better 🙂
In 5 years I:
1) I found Facebook.
2) Trained to be a Nurse & Midwife.
3) Found my first love.
4) Learnt to Drive.
5) Found better taste in real music.
Let’s see. Five years ago, I was fifteen, so here is what I’ve done since then:
*Got my license
*Graduated high school
*started college
*been on 2 mission trips that changed my life
*I went to a lot of concerts
*grown up in general
*made friends who have changed my life forever
i have an awesome list 🙂
five years.. oh boy…
1) I began to show the physicl effecs of MS and it has rocked my world.. I had the disease before, but was relatively “normal” – the last 5 years have been full of physical deterioration
2) I found my church home that I believe God meant me to reside in until it’s time to go home with Him.. amazing people filled with his love and a craving to know him better every day
3) I gained 4 more heart-babies through finding this church.. an amazing source of JOY and abandon in my life
4) I have lost several important people in my life during this time
5) I have found a couple of really important people from my past again recently – thank you Jesus for this gift..
bonus round — I have become completely cemented in my faith and a whole lot less worried about what the world thinks of me.. perhaps the most important transformation of all
1. I got divorced
2. I left my fundamentalist church
3. I got a fabulous job as an oncology nurse
4. I became a nationally certified oncology nurse
5. I learned what its like to be the mother of a teenage daughter (shudder)
Five years?? Yikes . . .
~ Moved from one side of the “cities” to the other
~ Went back to school; have earned two degrees and am now working on my Master’s in Psychology
~ gained and lost friends of different circles
~ became comfortable with who I am!!
Five years…
-I’ve stopped officially being a teenager, but still act like one.
-Quit my degree in Geography and graduated with a degree in Public Health
-Became a property owner and car owner (which insinuates that maybe I’m a ‘proper’ grown up – ha ha!)
-gained and lost friends
-lost a lot of my family
-became a godmother (amazing honour!)
-was healed from self harm
-Have made several bizarre career choices
-Moved back to the city of my birth
Matthew – I had a similar experience in October at DMV — the one in Franklin, off Carothers. It was clean, bright, airy. The people were friendly, happy. The line went fast. The service was excellent. I thought I was still at home dreaming. Cheers & Merry Christmas.
Just think of it as “gaining face” …
5 years ago, our 2 kids were in college but both still had our home as their official residence during breaks. In the last 5 years:
1. daughter got married
2. both kids finished college
3. Dad survived cardiac arrest at age 85
4. lost Dad December 07
5. had first grandchild, a girl, August 08
6. these facts don’t capture the deepening relationship with Christ a joy which has grown over the last 5 years as my dependence on Him as my only joy grows …
In the last 5 years I…
1. Graduated high school.
2. Started believing in God, stopped believing in God, tried to believe in God again and then stopped …again.
3. Started college.
4. Discovered my best friend.
5. Had surgery.
6. Started growing up.
Among other things, I guess.
I got unmarried.
I got a haircut.
I got a better haircut.
I got hit on by a bunch of married men.
I got a different haircut.
I got hit on by a couple women.
I gave up on my hair.