Last week I celebrated my 33rd birthday. As I woke up that Monday morning, my mind started wandering about how year 32 went and what I could do different to make 33 even better. I started listing out in my head ways that I could improve what now till next July 16th looks like. Go to the gym more, wake up early and do a morning devotional, set a weekly date night for me and the hubby, have a hot supper on the table every night for our family (sure??), take Rhett to Disney.....the list goes on. As I started creating this list in my head, I felt my nerves start to flinch and stress creeped upon me almost immediately. It was like I should have started conquering this list 3 months ago! After I escaped that list that evolved within a matter of minutes and joined the human race back on planet earth, I then started to think about my life in my 20s and how blissful it was. I was single, living at Lake Norman, NC with all my girls and working for a bank in the middle of downtown Charlotte, NC. When my work day ended, there was time to either hit up the local gym, join my coworkers at happy hour, volunteer at my church or boat around the lake with my girlfriends. My weekends consisted of country concerts, cookouts, road trips, or hanging out at the LKN sandbar (whoop whoop). Life as a 25 year old was swell. Looking back on that time in my life, sure it was wonderful and consisted of many memories that I will always cherish, but that was a stage a life and those phases pass to create room for new stages and memories to be made. Now that I am close to my mid-thirties, I recognize that while I may not have the ability to skip a meal and be skinny again (ugh), and I may have a few more wrinkles and grey hairs, this phase of life is oh so sweet. I have a loving and caring family, a husband that would give his life for me, friends that I could call at anytime of day, a job that I genuinely love and look forward to going to, and the love of a 2 year old boy named Rhett. This is a life that I most certainly don’t take for granted. It’s a life that is full of joy and bliss. A life I wholeheartedly thank the good Lord for every day. So whatever stage of life you are in, whatever your ‘33’ may be, whether you are a free spirit enjoying your single days, or maybe you’re embracing a new stage of parenthood.....maybe you’re a recent empty-Nestor and are enjoying the fruits of your labor, I pray you embrace your inner 33 and enjoy this time in your life. If you find you are in a place of challenges and hardships and need someone to pray for you, know that I am happy to do so. I encourage you to bask in the life you created and find love and joy in all of it. I hope you will hold me accountable to do the same!
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I am a wife and momma to a sweet boy named Rhett. I live in the mountains of North Carolina and am saved by grace. I believe in all things family, all things food and all things fun. Archives
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