Ta-Da!!

Today, after finding out my age, someone, we'll call them J, asked me if there has been a time in my life that I wish I could go back to or relive? I answered J with a question of my own to clarify their idea. "If I went back would it alter who I am today?" J was silent and thought about it and eventually asked me why would that matter? Well i responded if I went back and relived even one day, I may make a new decision which would alter some decision later down the road. What it boils down to is the fact that I am very very satisfied with the person I am currently. I may not be the person I want to end up as yet, nor have I made every decision in the best manner to make life easy. However, I really like who I am, and where I am in life. If I could go back, I'd like to go back merely as a viewer. Watching my younger self become the person I am today. J thought I was retarded and walked away. I stood there mutely vaguely smiling as my mind drifted through old memories and snapshots in my mind of my life. (The above picture is one of my favorites from childhood, that "Ta-Da" pose, makes its way into photos every year of my life and it wasn't until fairly recently that I realized that pose was such an ingrained piece of me. P.S. I have the world's most amazing father! )