I now pronounce you....Thirty

 

  

   As of tomorrow I will officially be thirty. I suppose I have the option to cry hysterically over the loss of my youth...or start party rockin in honor of my"dirty thirty"....but I can say with a straight face..I don't feel anything out of the ordinary. Honestly, I'm just really happy....
   I'm happy to have spent 3 decades in this world. I'm happy how I've grown as a person. I'm happy that I'm married to John, and how easy it is to love him. I'm happy to be pregnant and settled into my career. I don't have the fanciest, brand new house....I don't have unending amounts of money in my bank account, but I think my growth has a person has allowed me to see the variety of blessings I experience.
   If I was where I am now 5 years ago, I would have felt completely different. I wouldn't recognize the blessings as I do now because I was too selfish to realize it. Again, I don't live in a modern new home...but I do have a roof over my head, and I live in a home full of love. I'm also blessed with a family beyond measure, and friends who have been with me through some very difficult moments in life thus far. Then there's John...
   John completes me on so many levels. John has always supported my love for teaching and coaching. Its not a high paying job, but money isn't the reason people become teachers and John understands that. To be unconditionally supported by John adds more fuel to the fire, and gives me the encouragement to work as hard as I can. I love my students, I want the best for them, but I what I want more...is to be my best for them. I WANT to be a great teacher and coach that prepares them for the next level. John's love helps make these desires of my heart a reality.
   If I could end this cleverly I would, but instead I will say this....When I was 18 I thought I knew everything. Then came 21 and it was an attitude of I'm so much more grown up, I've learned all I ever can about life....and this pattern continued. I believe I will continue to learn as life goes on....and I'm perfectly fine with that. :)