Thursday, October 9, 2008

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!!

So today is my 30th birthday! I am having mixed emotions not really due to my number age but more to do with what I have done thus far in my life! I am thrilled to be able to say that I am happily and eternally married to a wonderful man for ten years now and that I have three great boys in my life to raise. I have good relationships with my family and jeffs family so that is another positive thing. Where my mixed emotions are coming from is the fact that I feel like I should be more and know more! Soooo my goal for the next year is to read more good books(and when I say that I do not mean romances or sci fi or gaggy books) and learn more skills (i.e. cooking, organizing, canning, communication, PTA, volunteering) I wish I could go back to college like my mother who is awesome and going after something that she loves to do! But time and children at home does not allow that so maybe in ten years or so I can become a teacher and do what I love to do. However, my faith in my savior is still growing stronger so that gives me much needed hope for the future. My life to this point has not been perfect or easy by any means but somehow I have made it this far and still have my sanity. I loved the counsel we were given by our dear Prophet Monson " Enjoy the journey.....NOW! " I needed that reminder to enjoy my life as it is today not just hoping for the future to get better. Enjoying the simple time I have with my children and Jeff should be the memories I need to make a great future! Sorry its my birthday and I think that lets me vent what I am thinking........So lets all Enjoy our journeys NOW!!!!!

3 comments:

Holly said...

How unfair. You post for yourself but totally skipped Jeff's birthday. Happy birthday by the way as I laid in bed late last night it hit me that I never called. We need to get together again soon.

The CHAFFIN'S said...

Happy belated BIRTHDAY!!! Sorry that I didn't know it was yesterday... I hope you had a great day!!!

Momcob said...

You are already doing what you love! You are teaching your children, friends, young women, neighbors, everyone you contact. You are making more impact than you realize. Don't get out the measuring stick, you can't begin to see the reach you have.