Last week while I was cleaning out some old boxes, I came across my 5th grade class picture. I laughed at the clothes, the hair and the fact that we all thought we looked absolutely wonderful. Of course this gave my children a wonderful opportunity to laugh at their mom. "You were so young!" and "What were you thinking with that hair?!" I took the jokes in stride. Mainly because I was thinking comments along those same lines. But more importantly, I loved that I could give my kids a glimpse into the person that existed long before they were even a glimmer in my eye. Yes! I actually was a kid once. And, yes, I did make bad hair decisions. It was fun to give them that brief moment of Life Before Mom Was Mom.