335 hours to thirty-five
I happened to come across my blog site the other day and I noticed the last entry was "Happy 7 months to our Baby Girl" and...well...She is 28 months! Time flies as they say...but in reality it only comes at us one day at a time. It's how we allow time to pass that makes all the difference. Here I am sitting on my patio on this blissful summer day listening to music, feeling the coastal breezes, watching my two beautiful children playing in the pool and spraying the water hose at each other...and realizing I'm turning thirty-five in just 2 weeks. If someone were to ask me in my 20's where I'd ideally see my life at 35, this would definitely be it.
Their smiles...their laughs...their lives, I'm so grateful for...my greatest joys in my life. I was pregnant with our son 5 years ago at the age of 30 and I was so overwhelmed with gratitude and joy to be in that place in my life at the time. I remember thinking it was the happiest birthday of my life...and it truly was. These past 5 years since then have been a whirlwind, a roller coaster of a ride. It was tumultuous at times, filled with high-highs and very low-lows. But through it all God has been so faithful to me, never leaving me even when I felt alone and in despair. He answered my fervent prayers (James 5:16) and blessed us with another miraculous little life, our sweet girl. As I sit here watching her take the plastic bowls from the kitchen and fill one up with water from the pool, dump it into the next bowl, then the next, and the next, in such a strategic and meticulous matter, it makes me smile. Her sweet smile, sensitive demeanor, whispy blonde hair and bright blue eyes were carefully constructed by our Lord and he gave her to us in his perfect timing.
I'm happy, grateful, fulfilled, and content. I'm loving the thought of turning 35 more than any other age of my life. God is good...actually, God is great! I seriously could not ask for more...well...I guess maybe ?...but I won't. Ha! Living life and loving others is all that really matters, and at this age, that's all I want from here on out.
Speaking of birthdays, this week is my husband's birthday. I'm so blessed to have him in my life. He devotes his life to helping others at the sacrifice of time with his family and friends. He has a heart of gold and is so generous and loving. He truly completes me. I'm surprising him with this Mint Cookies and Cream Cake for his Birthday party this week. When I asked him the other day what kind of cake he wanted me to make him, his answer was "...whichever is easiest for you." So of course I named off flavors and he mentioned Chocolate Cookies-n-Cream and also Cannoli cream. So today I made the Mint Chocolate Cake with Cookies-n-Cream filling and covered it in a Mint cream cheese buttercream frosting. Tomorrow I'm going to make him the Cannoli Cream cake too.
Cakes these days aren't such an simple task when juggling my 2 kids at the same time. But Birthdays are special, so here we go!
Their smiles...their laughs...their lives, I'm so grateful for...my greatest joys in my life. I was pregnant with our son 5 years ago at the age of 30 and I was so overwhelmed with gratitude and joy to be in that place in my life at the time. I remember thinking it was the happiest birthday of my life...and it truly was. These past 5 years since then have been a whirlwind, a roller coaster of a ride. It was tumultuous at times, filled with high-highs and very low-lows. But through it all God has been so faithful to me, never leaving me even when I felt alone and in despair. He answered my fervent prayers (James 5:16) and blessed us with another miraculous little life, our sweet girl. As I sit here watching her take the plastic bowls from the kitchen and fill one up with water from the pool, dump it into the next bowl, then the next, and the next, in such a strategic and meticulous matter, it makes me smile. Her sweet smile, sensitive demeanor, whispy blonde hair and bright blue eyes were carefully constructed by our Lord and he gave her to us in his perfect timing.
I'm happy, grateful, fulfilled, and content. I'm loving the thought of turning 35 more than any other age of my life. God is good...actually, God is great! I seriously could not ask for more...well...I guess maybe ?...but I won't. Ha! Living life and loving others is all that really matters, and at this age, that's all I want from here on out.
Speaking of birthdays, this week is my husband's birthday. I'm so blessed to have him in my life. He devotes his life to helping others at the sacrifice of time with his family and friends. He has a heart of gold and is so generous and loving. He truly completes me. I'm surprising him with this Mint Cookies and Cream Cake for his Birthday party this week. When I asked him the other day what kind of cake he wanted me to make him, his answer was "...whichever is easiest for you." So of course I named off flavors and he mentioned Chocolate Cookies-n-Cream and also Cannoli cream. So today I made the Mint Chocolate Cake with Cookies-n-Cream filling and covered it in a Mint cream cheese buttercream frosting. Tomorrow I'm going to make him the Cannoli Cream cake too. Cakes these days aren't such an simple task when juggling my 2 kids at the same time. But Birthdays are special, so here we go!
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