Life is full of ups and downs. Reddit's /r/me_irl captures them in a way that lets you smile through the changes.

Chapters open, chapters close. The seed that is planted grows to the crop that is harvested. Seasons whirl around and holidays pass so quick that the child who sat on your lap is, before you can blink, a full-on adult. Celebrities you discovered for the first time, scrolling alone in your room, take to the largest stages in the world and go through careers full of twists and turns.

Somehow you find yourself, after all the disappointments and delights, the delusions and dilly-dallyings, arriving at a place you might call a home, and say that's me IRL. It may have taken far too long, or it may have felt profoundly unexpected. It may not be your final home. But each step along the path pointed here, whether directly or askew, and the memes along the way told the tale of the journey and still do.