"BEFORE / AFTER"

There are many before and afters associated with you and your life.
There is the one which occurs almost daily now, where we refer to things in our own lives as being "before Jake died" or "after Jake died". I think it is such a tragic part of our own lives, that many things will often be remembered in that way.
Then, there is the hair! Pictures of you as a small child and in your Primary school days show a child with very short, straight, spiky hair. But the "after" shots all show you with that wild, mussed-up look which kept the hair gel companies afloat. Your baby and toddler pictures are so different from the teenage photos...Amber couldn't see any resemblance at all!!
I can even make mention of the before and after haircuts. You would come home from school and say, "You'll be pleased to know that April cut my hair for me today!" Well, thank you for those free haircuts, April...but I often couldn't tell the difference!
And, what about the 'before and after' of your basketball games? You would often head off to a game all fit and lively, only to return with a bandaged limb or a dislocated finger or something. Some seasons, you missed more games than you played.