Thinking back...

So, today Julio came home from work and said, "I feel my life is going to change soon" (he has a job interview this week)and it got me to thinking. I thought about how much my life has changed in the past six or seven years. I was talking to my friend Camille today and it made me think about our single years in LA (we were in the same singles ward and lived in the same building). The single life down in LA was so eventful-we would go out to dinner every weekend, go shopping on the Santa Monica Promenade, have picnics on Malibu Beach, go to concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, we traveled, we hung out with "Industry People" (I dated a guy who is in Napoleon Dynamite), go to parties in Bel Air. Seven years ago, Camille and I and some other friends went to Washington DC for a week. Eight years ago, a friend and I went to Europe. Our lives were so glamorous then and we did a lot of fun things, but I was so lonely. I wouldn't go back to that time for anything.It seems like not that long ago, but so much has happenned since then! I love my life now with my husband and children. As challenging and unglamorous as it is, it isn't ever dull and I feel so much love in my life that I didn't have back then. I'm so grateful for all the experiences I've had in my life and what they have taught me. Being single all that time helped me to appreciate my family more and I love them so much!