The funny thing about turning a year older is that suddenly you are expected have an abundance more insight than you did just 24 hours ago. And then once you hit 40, suddenly you have it all together and can write books about it.
Well, I’m not 40, I am pretty sure I am no wiser than I was yesterday (I was actually pretty immature today but I won’t get into it.) So I feel the only safe thing to do is take a little inventory. I tend to chart my life by 5’s and I have one more year before the big 3-0 at which time I will write some more items on the bucket list. The last four years have actually been pretty good and so in my opinion everything that happens this year is really just bonus material.
Life is unpredictable and as much as I am a list maker and planner, my husband is not. And yet it is funny to look back and see that (aside from living in Three Hills-something I would have never hoped to do) all the things I had wanted to do before I was thirty have been done.
I have two beautiful children who have…revealed God’s glory in my life. Ben and I are on our 6th year of marriage and going strong. And I have made it to New York, not once…BUT TWICE! Oh, and my latest endeavour – Audrey: a new hobby just for me. We have a house, savings, a car we love, a dog and 2.5 children (the .5 being Audrey).
We are in that comfortable place that every young maternal woman dreams of….and yet, are ready to throw it all away at the drop of a hat. And believe it or not, I feel like this is a good place to be. I have never been the type to be too attached to stuff (I perhaps get a little protective over my shoes but if you had a little puppy chew your Black Pegabo boots along with any other genuine leather products in the house to smithereens you would feel the same way.) Stuff is just stuff, and life is too short not to have some adventures. I admittedly have already had my share but if I am on the writing team for my story I’ll get in as many adventures as I can. So going forward…
Well, I could tell you what I have planned for the next five years but then you would have no reason to visit my lovely blog, now would you?
All I will say is this….
“Twenty years from now you will more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
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| Nothing to do with the post, but Jakob enjoyed what we let him eat of my birthday cupcakes. |
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