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I know you’re tired of hearing this, but…sorry it’s been so long.  I had surgery on my heel and recovery has seemed slow (even though the doctor tells me that recovery is happening at a very quick pace).  I have no excuse.  I’ve been sitting still with my foot in an AirCast for almost a month now.

Anyway, here’s the reason for this post:

This is my new favorite picture of Bekah.  I know it’s not a recent shot of her, but this picture has meaning that goes much deeper.  First of all, the picture was taking just before she graduated from high school.  She’s sitting in her grandmother’s living room.  That living room now happens to be our living room.  We bought our home from her when she moved to Louisiana a couple of years ago.  Second, Bekah is sitting in a chair that we also inherited as part of the purchase of the home.  That chair now sits in our bedroom reading area.  Third and finally, it’s a beautiful picture of her.

I found this picture while going through some pictures at her parents’ house a couple of months ago.  We scanned them in so she could post a bunch of them on Facebook.  I liked this picture right away just because of her, but when I finally got a chance to look at it, I realized exactly what I was looking at.  The chair she’s sitting in in the picture is in almost the exact same place facing in almost the exact same angle and sitting in the very same room as the chair that I sit in as I type these words.

A whole lot has happened since this photograph was taken.  She met me and, thankfully, fell in love with me.  How I pulled that one over on her, I’ll never know.  We married, moved to Dallas for a while, got me though grad school, had two beautiful children, and have since moved back to where it all began.  This picture for me, represents a very concrete definition of the phrase “full circle.”

Anyway, I’m sentimental and romantic that way and just thought I had to share.