In October of 2007, Yi-Ting, Yu-Chen and myself ventured out to Iowa for our first CIC conference. We were wide-eyed and naive, fresh-faced and full of life.
We discovered somewhere along the way that if you put me in the middle of the two of them, we form a mountainous shape. This is especially amusing, when one takes into consideration that the symbol for the word "mountain" in Mandarin is essentially the shape we make (two shorter lines, one on each side of one longer line).
This discovery has led to pictures such as the following:
(Thank you to Mr. Docker for documenting our rear-ends in such a lovely manner.)
(Occasionally I like to let my girls feel a little bit more up to my level, so here we put them on some steps....)
In subsequent pictures we fear that we no longer look so young and fresh-faced.
It seems to us that we are tired, cranky, cynical. No more wide-eyed wonder. This program has aged us, and we are mourning our youth together.
However,
this picture (taken at CIC 2009) reminds us that there is beauty in knowing each other more, in knowing who we are as thoughtful and mature women instead of as the young carefree things we once were. There is also beauty in sharing this journey--
We are a strong (if aging) mountain.
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hahahahaha!!! I cannot control myself especially when reading the word in parenthesis...
Here is the quote for today:
"...there is beauty in knowing each other more, in knowing who we are as thoughtful and mature women instead of as the young carefree things we once were. There is also beauty in sharing this journey--
We are a strong (if aging) mountain. " (2009)
by Lauren (the crest of that mountain)
Love you both!
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