Today is my 25th Birthday. Today will be a day just like every other. The more I live the more I understand “childlike wonder”. I remember when you were a kid and waking up and KNOWING today would be a special day. I woke up this AM and had no idea that it was even Oct 9!

Today… I am officially a year older. I never imagined, in my wildest dreams, that on my 25th birthday this is where I would be. I was the one who was NEVER having kids! HAH! Oh how things change.

Today of all days I will try to take a few minutes to appreciate my life. I have three amazing kids. I have an amazing husband who is my best friend on earth (even though he is currently driving me nuts). I have an amazing career that I love with all my heart and have put my soul into. I have thought about where we said we wanted to be when we were 25. After college we made our “5 and 10 year plans”… surprisingly enough… while the 5 year plan got blown out the window.. the 10 year plan may actually happen!

Today, I am happy that my child is not having another surgery (today anyhow). I am happy that it is going to rain. I am happy that I will have the privilege of walking into my very own studio which has my name on the door. I am happy that life has not broken me. I am a better person that I was 3 years ago. I am stronger than I ever imagined I could be. I feel that I am wise beyond my years. This may not be the life I “chose” but it is the life I have been given and I choose to thrive and bloom.

Years ago at church I was given a prophesy. That I would be the tree the would flower in the dead of winter. In the middle of a snowy field… all alone there I was… standing strong and beautiful despite the snowing “falling” around me. That I would thrive and bloom at the the most inopportune time. This morning I finally realized, here I am. Doing just that. I may not be the most religious person anymore… but I have never gone far from all that I know. I know that my spring is coming. The snow will clear and there will be a beautiful blue sky above and green grass ahead of me. And how much sweeter will those spring days be after I have weathered the winter….. wow.

I have started my book. I wrote the forward this weekend. I have no idea, the ifs, whens, or hows of it all… but I will write it. I will write to catch up but it may be a bit before I can finish. My story is not done. It is just beginning.

Today, 25 years ago.. I came into this world. A new life, new hope, new dreams. 25 years later I am still full of new hope, new dreams, and a life I could never have dreamed of. I am blessed beyond words and today I choose to revel in that, appreciating every moment.

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