Weaving through this thing called life...

Man oh man...I thought my thirties would be so much easier and less complicated than my twenties were:) Those of you who know me well just chuckled I know. I'm starting to think that life just doesn't involve long periods of normality. We all experience it I know. I think it must just vary depending on where you are in life and what you need at the moment. It does amaze me at how quickly it changes. What I wanted 15 years ago and what is important to me now are so very different. And at every point, you're sure that you know the right thing for the rest of your life. I guess we just evolve as our lives do. I can remember my mama and daddy telling me how quickly time goes by and thinking "yeah...whatever...they are just old!" Well, I'm there now. I look at my five year old and feel panicked sometimes. I was shocked at how sad I was recently looking through a toy catalog and realizing that Ella couldn't play with a lot of the things I was looking at. And the tude. Didn't expect that one this early either:) I'm starting to believe that it really does happen in an instant....before I know it she will be going to the prom. AHHHHHHHH!!!! She will have her first heartbreak, and my heart will break with hers. She will go away to college and I will go with her ;) I will have more gray hair and wrinkles :( One day my mama and daddy will be gone and as broken hearted as I'll be, life will still have to go on. I believe we are handed many different situations and circumstances to walk through and many times we learn such important lessons from them or we become a heck of a lot stronger for walking through. We all walk around trying to be the "best" we can be and frankly that's a lot of pressure sometimes. I challenge you to just be Y.O.U. The ones who really love you will love you even more for your authenticity. Life is hard enough without trying to be something you're not or something someone else wants you to be. Well, I've made a decision,  I'm going to embrace this journey and enjoy every damn second of it. I look forward to the next challenge, the next obstacle, the next whatever...and I will embrace it with open arms and be grateful that I get to enjoy each day God has so graciously given me. I started this blog off with Mick singing "You can't always get what you want"...and now I'm gonna end it by dancing around my living room to Tom Petty and maybe even a little Zac Brown and I don't care if my neighbors see me...I think you should do it too:)