28 Today, 30 Around the Corner

LIVIN and LUVIN life, BLESSED to see another birthday! Today is my birthday and I LOVE when it comes around. One, for THANKFULLY being able to see another birthday and two, for the whole day(even week, if I choose) being ALL about ME!!

Being a mother of two little mens, and wifey to their father, not to mention being totally and utterly domesticated, rarely gives me the time for myself. BUT, one day a year(and some misc ones I may throw in there…lol) I can “toot my own horn,” I can make it about ME!

I am officially 28 years old with 30 right around the corner. I’ve never been the type to dread getting older and in fact have always embraced it. It’s almost like starting over. Some people use the New Year to break old habits or begin new ones, but I prefer using my birthday. A year older than I was before, God willing a year wiser… being able to learn from the mistakes made over the last year or even years before…knowing more about yourself than you did before, more about life and people than you did before… carrying yourself and handling yourself, life, love & family in an OLDER/WISER manner..

Now, I must be honest and admit, I am not where I imagined I would be at this point in my life, BUT, I have accepted the decisions I have made… the paths I have chosen…later knowing and understanding that God already had a plan for me but allowed me to lean to my own understanding and my own wants, therefore not allowing myself to receive blessings through HIS will… I could dwell on “if I would have done this when I was 17…” or “if I hadn’t done that when I was 22, I’d have this that or the other…etc.” You get my point. But if I spend all my time thinking about the past and bad decisions, I could never focus on my present and my good decisions.

I’m still working on my relationship with God and pray that The Almighty does not give up on me. Like Mary Mary sings, “I got to get my self together cuz I got some place to go and I’m prayin when I get there I’ll see everyone I know… I wanna go.. to Heaven… Heaven..”

On that Note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL YOU NOVEMBER BABIES! And remember, celebrating another birthday is a blessing!