Joyeux anniversaire á moi!
Today I am 29 years old and have just one year left of my 20's, which I find so hard to believe. I have been considered (at times : )a full-fledged adult for an entire decade! Where did all of that time go? Maybe I can face 30 if I can remember how my 20's shaped and molded me....
I married Robbie when I was 21. What a wonderful gift.
I suffered years of debilitating depression in my 20's and experienced relief and healing. It took years of very hard work and years of patience from my husband, family and friends, but I survived and can look back and appreciate what despair taught me.
I worked with grieving families in a funeral home, individuals fighting cancer with the American Cancer Society and those who were facing their deaths with Hospice of Oklahoma County. Honestly, I think a classroom of 3rd graders armed with paint loaded brushes will be a piece of cake in comparison!
In my 20's I made some of the most wonderful friends. Friends I know I will still enjoy when I am in my 50's. I rekindled friendships lost, I said goodbye to some friendships and I have learned to find absolute joy in making new friends.
Robbie and I bought our first house when I was 22, almost 23. I planted flowers in my garden, made friends with the neighbors and even showed our home in the neighborhood home tour. This time in our lives makes me long for a place of my own again - which I am hoping will happen in my 30's!
One of the biggest accomplishments of my 20's has to be making the decision to finish my college education. I won't see this dream realized until the Spring of 2008, just before my 31st birthday - but, the decision and great sacrifices made will have all been worth it.
The last 9 years have taken me to many places. I have visited San Francisco, New Orleans, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, St, Louis, Wichita, Dallas, Tulsa, Eureka Springs and New York City. Of course I would like to see this list grow longer and longer and longer....and I wish so badly I could add LA to it - but only b/c of a couple of people I know who live there. : )
My 20's have been, at times, outrageously tumultuous, insanely sad, maniacally silly, and ridiculously dramatic, but I own these times....they are mine. I see the growth in myself, I have enough time in the past to be witness to God's hand in my life and that is an amazing sight.
I look forward to my 30's because I have a better sense of who I am. I want to be a mother, a teacher and an even better wife, friend and family member. I want to experience growing - not struggle and fight my way through it. I have high hopes for the future, mine and yours.
I married Robbie when I was 21. What a wonderful gift.
I suffered years of debilitating depression in my 20's and experienced relief and healing. It took years of very hard work and years of patience from my husband, family and friends, but I survived and can look back and appreciate what despair taught me.
I worked with grieving families in a funeral home, individuals fighting cancer with the American Cancer Society and those who were facing their deaths with Hospice of Oklahoma County. Honestly, I think a classroom of 3rd graders armed with paint loaded brushes will be a piece of cake in comparison!
In my 20's I made some of the most wonderful friends. Friends I know I will still enjoy when I am in my 50's. I rekindled friendships lost, I said goodbye to some friendships and I have learned to find absolute joy in making new friends.
Robbie and I bought our first house when I was 22, almost 23. I planted flowers in my garden, made friends with the neighbors and even showed our home in the neighborhood home tour. This time in our lives makes me long for a place of my own again - which I am hoping will happen in my 30's!
One of the biggest accomplishments of my 20's has to be making the decision to finish my college education. I won't see this dream realized until the Spring of 2008, just before my 31st birthday - but, the decision and great sacrifices made will have all been worth it.
The last 9 years have taken me to many places. I have visited San Francisco, New Orleans, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, St, Louis, Wichita, Dallas, Tulsa, Eureka Springs and New York City. Of course I would like to see this list grow longer and longer and longer....and I wish so badly I could add LA to it - but only b/c of a couple of people I know who live there. : )
My 20's have been, at times, outrageously tumultuous, insanely sad, maniacally silly, and ridiculously dramatic, but I own these times....they are mine. I see the growth in myself, I have enough time in the past to be witness to God's hand in my life and that is an amazing sight.
I look forward to my 30's because I have a better sense of who I am. I want to be a mother, a teacher and an even better wife, friend and family member. I want to experience growing - not struggle and fight my way through it. I have high hopes for the future, mine and yours.
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Have a wonderful day. Eat some steak for me and we'll see you in Cali soon. Cheers....for today and the rest of our lives.