Tonight, I sat drinking with my Twitter buddies (oh em gee, I’m so simultaneously lame & awesome) & flipping through old pictures. & suddenly, I was seized with the most poignant, emotional grip around my heart.
This girl, right here:
Did she know who she would become? Did she know what an amazing life she would create & the impact on the world she would have?
& in an odd way, it breaks my heart to admit that no, she did not.
She did not realize that with every IM conversation, the boy she sat next to in a hated feminist rhetoric class fell more deeply in love with her. She did not imagine that in 7 years, staying up until 2am would host a different type of bottle. She didn’t understand a world outside of being her sorority’s president, Vera Bradley bags, or Economics 305. & she did not know that the best years of her life were yet to be lived & that almost a decade later, she will wish to whisper to the girl this photo, “Take care of yourself, Blair. Guard your heart & learn to be wise. For you have a destiny greater than one you ever imagined.”
& I wonder if I’ll wish to whisper the same thing to this young woman, seven years from now:
Ah, so true. I've yet to birth a child, but I still know what you mean. How was I supposed to know I was gonna step into the role of mommy without the transition of growing him first? My SO has the most precious baby boy and I couldn't be more in love.
I've been such a lurker, I've been following you since you've been KTFU with Harrison, and have never commented until now. But I second that, WAY TO MAKE ME CRY, BITCH!
Oh and hey, I'm still anxiously awaiting your sex post. bahahah have fun drinking girlfran!
oh and btw, I wanna know when you drink with your twitter buds. I've got a sparkly beautiful bottle of goldschlager calling my name in the kitchen!
Oh boy, you're drinking you say?
you=drunk
Call me a stalker, but I was just reading all of your terribly funny posts on twitter and was really wishing I could be as simultaneously lame & awesome as you! Maybe this is my wine talking, but I wish you were my neighbor, Blair. We'd have so much fun hanging out and reliving our UNC days!
I third the first comment.
Super sweet.
amen sister. isn't that the truth. Hey, I wanna join in on the twitter drinking madness. look me up! candnandrews
This makes me want to look at old pictures.
Way to make me tear up, bitch.
I'm sorry… did someone say you went to UNC? I knew I loved you.
Boy, someone is sure full of themselves tonight?
For the record, Blair did NOT attend UNC – Chapel Hill. Not sure how that rumor got started, but she didn't.
Fuck off, Marci.
Ah well, I stand corrected on one front… but still love you, Mizz Blair!
Dude, you can totally tell you have lost weight–your face is so THIN!
Marci – follow me to the top of the screen. Now, kindly click on the little red X. Problem solved.
Blair – I fourth the first comment
Blair-
And I'm one of those wondering if you might live near my neighborhhood……….still trying to guess your city but I think I have it narrowed down to 2……
Kitty
Great post and I just have to say YOU LOOK FANTASTIC already!!! I can so tell in your face! Looking like pre-mommy already!!! But don't lose that glow!!
Mem'ries!
Holy Moses. Lady, you are adorable!
I did not attend Chapel Hill, for the record. Just a UNC fan, born & raised
I was deferred originally, then accepted later in the spring to Carolina. But I chose another school that offered me a full ride.
Love it. The best people are ALWAYS Tarheel fans.
And fyi, you do look great… that picture cracks me up.
haha, thanks! yeah, I'm not sure where the rumor that I'm a Carolina grad started. Probably that I'm an insane Carolina fan & then folks simply assumed.
The Momma cried for 6 months when it finally sank in that I was going to another school. I'm not kidding, either. She's still holding out hope for grad school.
I did, totally, assume you went to UNC based on some of your previous posts! Sorry about that!
Tell your momma to keep holding out hope. There is NO way that I could have gotten into UNC for undergrad. I attended as a grad student and loved every minute of it (kinda like reading your blog!).
I love it! Now I am off to find my sorority scrapbook so I can reminisce….
You look GORGEOUS, no really! Way to go on the workout, etc! You deserve a #drunkdom night or THREE!
ROCK ON!
You make me tear up way too much!
I can't get enough though. Thanks for your wonderful posts.
This really makes me wonder where I'm going to be in another 7 years.
Scary, yet exciting.
Gag
I love this post
Makes me want to find a picture from ten years ago and ponder the changes 
Thanks for a great read
Nice one! I do the same thing with my old pics. My hubby is a high school teacher and sometimes when I'm around his students I think to myself….guys, you have a long way to go. I just know how much they will go through, learn and change.
On a side note, what sorority?
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