25 years: MAY 18, 1983

It was a Wednesday, the day that forever became a Turning Point. To ward off "OH, MY GOD, WHAT HAPPENED?!" emails, it was the day I moved. Abruptly. Not a sobbing "mommy, why are we leaving at 1am?!" abruptly. But a mom-tells-me-and-dad-when-we-return-from-a-camping-trip-that-we're-moving-in-3-days abruptly. To Grandma's vacant house, roughly 3 blocks...yet a WHOLE OTHER WORLD...away. I'll never forget it. This is where I express typical disbelief that it's been a quarter of a century. Most other things, though, greatly pale in comparison to THIS seminal date in my life history. That move changed EVERYthing. And reverberates to this day.