Monday, March 2, 2009

2 comments Posted by Jennifer - South Point, OH at 3/02/2009

So... another birthday come and gone. I won't lie. I was dreading turning 30. Every year on my birthday I tell Chris, "I don't want to turn another year older. I like the age I am." I'm not necessarily sad that I'm getting older but am a little pensive about the years ahead. Someone told me last Thursday, "You are living the last few days of your decade." Holy cow... can we say depressing? I recall my mom's "Over the Hill" party, and I remember thinking, "Gee whiz. 40 is old!" Obviously I now realize that 40 is not old but that is where I'll be at the end of the decade I'm now beginning. Sobering. It's sobering to me because I know the next 10 years of my life are just gonna fly by. When I got married everyone said to me, "Enjoy this time because it will fly by." It did. When I was pregnant with Grant everyone said, "Enjoy every minute because your life will change before you know it." It did. When I had Benjamin everyone said, "Take the time to enjoy your kids. They won't be babies for long." They're not.

Chris and I were talking the other night about how much life we've lived in the past six years. I mused, "How are we still married?" I mean... marriage, living together away from our parents for the first time, moving four hours away from everyone and everything we know, new jobs, buying our first house, two babies in two years, and other numerous job changes in between. So many life-changing events in just six short years. How did we not kill each other?

I look back sometimes and think, "I wish I would've gone to college" or "I wish I would've traveled more before I had kids." The list goes on. But then I realize how much I have accomplished in just a short period of time. I may not be rich or have status, but God has blessed me beyond belief.... way more than I deserve.

At the end of this decade, God-willing, I will be 40 years old. Chris will be 41 (still older than me), Grant will be 13 and Ben will be 12. Wow! I can't even picture it. It seems like it was yesterday when I used to take Brianna to the McDonald's Play Place on my days off when she was Grant's age. Now she's about to be 14! It true - time flies! I'd better keep my eyes wide open throughout this next decade. If I blink I just might miss something.



I am excited to see what's in store for me in the coming years. Besides, isn't 30 the new 20?

Jen

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