Sarah-and-Tom/s_t16_19I was cleaning my dresser today and realized I only had one copy of this picture and wanted to scan it in to save.

This is Tom and I in 1997, just before my 17th birthday. My mom took the photo in our front yard at our house in Phoenixville, PA.

We had just realized how much we liked to hang out with each other. I’m not sure if we were officially dating at the time of this picture.

Shortly afterwards, I moved with my family from Pennsylvania back to Indiana. What a difficult time apart!

For a while, it was the only photo I had of Tom and I together and it has been on every dresser top since – from my room at my parent’s house, to my dorm room, and now at our house.