Fifteen Years Ago (FYA) and NOW

Left: Fifteen years ago when we first came to The Frame Shop and Right: Today.

1. Fifteen Years Ago (FYA): In our thirties.
   NOW: Can't remember our thirties.
2. FYA:  9/11 can't be imagined.
   NOW: Imagining life in America without 9/11 -- how sad the permanent losses of freedom and innocence and hope.
3. FYA: Raising teenage daughters.
   NOW: Raving about eight magnificent grandchildren.
4. FYA: Snickers, our mighty Australian Shepherd, still patrols Veto Road.
   NOW: Stray cats of all sorts patrol Veto Road and Snickers bosses lesser dogs (which is almost all dogs) in Heaven.
5. FYA: A new Grand Prix.
   NOW: That new Grand Prix has almost 300,000 miles.
6. FYA: All our precious parents are living.
   NOW: Only our precious mothers are living.
7. FYA: I can do flips on the trampoline.
   NOW: Trampoline is broken. Me too.
8. FYA: New to wiener dogs, our Lucy is still sort of a puppy.
   NOW: Lucy follows Snickers around in Heaven while, down here on earth, Frankie is almost twelve and The Wheeler Byrd is our new puppy.
9. FYA: Looking for a property to one day move The Frame Shop into.
   NOW: Working in that spectacular new Frame Shop location.
10. FYA: New to frame-making.
    NOW: Thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands-upon-thousands of our frames hang in homes and businesses throughout the Midwest.
11. FYA: Dave Roberts works full-time at The Rolla Daily News and full-time at The Frame Shop.
    NOW: Dave Roberts works full-time at The Rolla Daily News and full-time at The Frame Shop. 
12. FYA: Find looking into the future a decade from now to be impossible.
    NOW: Find looking into the future a decade from now to be impossible.

Love to all and thank you for the last fifteen years. See you soon.