Ch-ch-changes

Since so many have already posted brilliantly on the topic, 

I'm changing the assignment to Lauren Bjorkman: Then and Now.

THEN                                                                         NOW                              

Brown hair and eyes, crooked teeth                          Brown hair and eyes

                                                                                    straight teeth

A tendency to crinkle nose when smiling                  Nose wrinkles

A really cute boyfriend (Pelle)                                   Really cute husband (Pelle)

High school diploma + GED                                     Two college degrees

                                                                                    (neither one in writing)

Shrinking violet                                                          Assertive violet

Crazy about libraries                                                  Adores librarians

Weary of baby-sitting and

unsure about having kids                                          Two quirky kids. Yay!

No computer or phone                                              Awesome computer

                                                                                    crappy phone

Starry-eyed                                                                 Well honed happy-dark

                                                                                    sense of humor

Silly laugh                                                                  Silly laugh

Hated writing essays                                                 Still hate writing essays

Wrote furious quantities of poetry                            5 novels, 2 pubbed novels

                                                                                     0 poems :-(

Never revised her work                                             Thinks revising is fun

Daydreamed about life as an author                        Living the life of an author

                                                                                   (less glamorous than

the daydream, but still!!!!)

Loved reading                                                            Love, love, love writing