Last Thursday, I celebrated my 34th birthday! :-) I know most people don't look forward to turning another year older, but I have never minded it. I still love to celebrate birthday's. With all the untimely deaths of friends and friends of friends this past year, I am thankful I can still celebrate life with my family. Barry's parents are in town visiting for a few weeks so we all went to dinner to Cheesecake Factory. YUMMY!!! I split the Chicken Madeira with Barry (our usual). I have been dying to try the Red Velvet Cheesecake, and it was well worth the wait! It was simple and delicious! I will be ordering that again in the future. Cheesecake is one of my favorite treats, so I'm always so overwhelmed with all the choices when we go there. Barry got me a new camera!! I got the Canon Powershot SD1200. I hope to start taking pictures of Makayla again now that I have a camera that works. I just have to figure out all the settings!
So looking back, this has been the toughest year of my life!!! Not only dealing with Makayla's health and my health, but also another HUGE sadness in my life. It has all worn on me physically, mentally, and emotionally. I now have some grey hair after this last year for goodness sakes! HAHA It is only through the spiritual side of me that I have been able to continue on each day...thank you, God, for your love, faithfulness, & strength! Unfortunately, turning 34 has not brought these 3 factors to a close in my life.
So looking forward, I do start this year with a hope...a hope that maybe the end will be in sight for these issues...but I also know that I trust in God's plan and will continue to follow Him...whatever path He leads me down this next year. I look forward to a year of being able to love my husband more and more (if that's even possible). I look forward to watching my beautiful daughter grow. I look forward to impacting the lives of the college kids I work with. I just look forward to anything & everything God has in store for me this year. I just opened the door wide there, didn't I? I am reminding myself now that God may give me more blessings this year, but He also might allow even more hardship this year too. Whatever is coming, I'm thankful to know that I am not alone in this journey. Besides the many family & friends blessings I have in my life, I know I have a God who promised He would never leave me.
Happy 34th Birthday to me!!!! Thank you, God, for the gift of life!
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