This post has been ten years in the making. It started when I graduated from my undergrad degree, and created this blog. I had just accepted my first full-time job. I was getting ready to move across the country. I bought my first cell phone. Twitter didn't exist. Facebook was just a baby. Now here I am, in 2016, about to graduate from my Masters degree. In the intervening decade, I have: Moved across the country, and then moved back east, to the largest city in our nation. Held four different jobs - ministry, nanny, small business, college office. Freelanced as a photographer, and as an editor/writer. Traveled to six different countries- three each in Europe and Africa. Lived in five different homes (#6 is two weeks away!). Dated five men, and been on many other dates. Been a bridesmaid six times. Celebrated other weddings, births, and joys. Walked with loved ones through illness (physical and mental), death, infidelity, and other hear...