Wednesday, July 8, 2009

One More Trip Around the Sun

Tomorrow is my birthday.  From what I have been told, it is a big one.  I will be turning 30.

I have never been big on celebrating birthday's, especially my own, but this one seemed different.  I have had several friends turn 30 before me, and I was warned by many of them.  I was told that 30 was a tough one to handle.  I have even know a few people that really had a difficult time with turning 30.   That is not why this one seems different tough.

Landmarks like birthdays tend to make me reflect.  In this case, I have been looking back on the last year of my life.  Needless to say, it has been a wild ride.  As I now look to turning 30, I am not concerned about getting "old", or having grown out of my twenties.  I am thankful for it.

The way I see it, I have earned this.  And not easily either.  This is a day that I can be proud of, if only for the fact that I will be breathing and upright,  not to mention the scores of blessings I have in friends and family.  

I had originally planned on a long weekend on the east coast to go surfing for my birthday.   Now with all the baby stuff going on, we had to reschedule until September, but I will still be docking our boat at the lake this weekend and we will be spending plenty of time on the water.

One way or another, I will make sure that tomorrow I take the time to slow down relax and breathe, and be thankful for that.


2 comments:

Beth- the mama bee said...

good luck having enough energy in spetember for surfing! 2 month olds are draining....

Lynnie said...

30 wasn't bad for me. 31 really made me feel old. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!