Reflections

In a little over 2 weeks I will turn 29 years old. Wow. It's not that 29 feels old to me so much as it feels like so much has happened in my 20's. I graduated from college in December of 2000. Before we were done with our course work, one of my child development professors asked us to write a paragragh about where we saw ourselves five years from now. I remember I wrote that I saw myself as married with one to two kids, a stay-at-home mom who does volunteer work in the community or at church. I knew that the teacher would probably think I was selling myself short, I mean what was the point in me going to college, right? But I was proud to put that on paper and I am proud of it now. College gave me so much more than I could have ever known it would. That time introduced me to Jesus Christ, gave me my closest friends, and gave me an education in Child Development and Family Studies that has prepared me for what I do everyday.

Well...after 5 years I was a foster parent working part-time at a candle shop. Not exactly the way I thought things would work out. Now 7 years have passed since I graduated and I have the two kids, will be officially a stay-at-home mom when the summer is over, and I will be beginning my volunteer work with CASA. Am I happy at how life turned out post-graduation, even with all the twists and turns? Yes. And praise be to God that I have a strong faith to carry me through even more hard times. And I have an amazing husband and two gorgeous children whose faces I never imagined looking into and calling my own. I think maybe I was selling myself short afterall. This life is so much better than I dreamed it would be. And I am excited to turn 29 and then 30 in a year....lets see where the next 5 years take me!