Tuesday, 14 April 2009

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  29th Birthday

   Today, it has been 29 years since I was born.  Hmm.  Something to think about, especially when I'm only one year away from the big 3-0. 

  Speaking of the big 3-0, I'm in a bit of denial about that.  The thought of 40 or even 50 doesn't bother me (at least, not now! lol) but for some reason I'm having a spot of trouble about 30.  I think it's because it's such a thresh-hold.  Once you're 30, you cease to be a "young adult".  You've crossed a line that, though invisible, is glaring and final.  I rather like the 20's...  I'm comfortable with them.  They provide more maturity than the teens and yet still maintain that life is streching out before you in a long, winding, exciting road. 

  Oh, I know that the 30's can be just as great and I'm really sure they will be.  It's just the mental factor about crossing that line that I hope reaches some perspective in my mind before my next birthday!  :o) 

  But 29.  It's a great birthday!  The last one I will experience in my 20's and just that alone is reason enough to celebrate.  I feel happy about my birthday this year, excited even, which I find refreshing.  For those of you who know me well, you know that the last few years have been a difficult journey of healing for me and there have been days and even months when joy and excitement have seemed unobtainable.  This anticipation and enjoyment make this year's event all the sweeter for me.  It truly is a happy birthday for me!  Yeah!! 

  Tomorrow night, Rick and I are having our very favorite sitter, Tosha, over to watch the babies for a bit while we go out for a drink and (hopefully) a walk @ the Leamington Marina, weather permitting.  It will be refreshing to get out and have some "grown up" time and conversation!

  And as for my gift this year.... well, besides Jesus, love, and family (which are the very best gifts one could ever wish for) it will be the best present I've gotten in a long time:  a new Blackberry Curve PINK in July.  I don't care one bit that I have to wait 3 months to get it - oh, it will be worth it!!  :o)  I'm so psyched about this - more than I have been about something in a while!!!  Yipee!! 

  And finally, I'll end with a quote that makes so much sense and is an inspiration to me:

  "For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something else.  It is about your outlook towards life.  You can either regret or rejoice."

  Go ahead.  Go back and read it again...   So simple, yet so profound.  "You can either regret or rejoice."  I choose to rejoice!  29 years... 

  "Thankyou, God, for all Your love, care, and fatherly guidance in my life.  You are the first reason that I can rejoice!"

   

  

     

   

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