Reflecting on 26

Tomorrow, I turn 27!!! It has been a great year being 26...but I think 26 was that "eye opening" year for me. I have always heard that everyone has a birthday where they feel like they are actually getting older...well, turning 26 was that year for me. It was finally where I felt that I wasn't playing "house" anymore! Ha! So, after 26 being so dramatic for me, I think I will just glide right on in to 27. :-)

This year really has flown by so fast for me. Luci has changed so much. She is no longer looking like a "toddler" anymore...she is transitioning into "little girl". And I am no longer looking like an 18 year old anymore! Ha! Mitch and I are both getting older...both changing...The years really do just fly by. The saying "The days are long, but the years are fast" has never rang truer for me.

I have never been one to have a "bucket list". That just really isn't my style. (Although, I'm pretty sure Tasha and I created a list back in the 8th grade...I wonder if we accomplished everything on that!) Sure, I have things that I would like to do or like to try...or places I would like to go...but a list is not what defines me. If I never did anything else ever again in my life besides come home to Mitch and Luci, I would still be the happiest girl (I think I can call myself woman now that I am 27!!) in the world. Not even just content, truly happy.

I guess my point of this reflection is... I don't really have a lot to say that I accomplished or figured out during 26...I was just happy. Happy with my family...and happy with myself. I think that is important to have that satisfaction so young in life.

I have prayed more than I ever have before during 26. I have worried. I have stressed. I have cried. I have laughed. I have sang. I have worked. I have played. I have screamed. I have smiled. I have kissed. I have talked. I have listened. I have loved... And I am truly happy.

So, 27 I am ready for you. I am ready to see what you have in store! As long as I have God in front of me leading the way and my family beside me, I am ready!

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11