My good friend Chris wrote about my trip with Tim to celebrate Chris’s birthday last weekend. He posted several pictures; here is one of my favorite ones, of the three of us in a Starbucks: Chris also shared these feelings he has on “growing up”:

Rather than gaining more responsibility and doing grown-up things with age, I realized that I’ve already done grown-up things (job, marriage, anniversary, moving, baby) – growing older seems to be more of growing into people’s image of an adult.  Don’t get me wrong, I have *plenty* to learn, do, and work on; just hope that the early start means a head start in some areas.

Chris was a “grown-up” in many regards many years ago. He is a great example to me of sobermindedness—sensible, serious about what truly matters, and not affected by the triviality that grips so many young men.

See the rest of the pictures here:

“Happy Birth-A-Day, to me” « Chris and Steph.