Another Day, Another Year Older

Well, I’m officially 26. I was just watching a video from my sixth birthday… it’s amazing how time flies.

Birthdays haven’t been a big deal to me since I was a child. Growing up I remember how we used to make everyone’s birthday a big deal. Often times we’d get together at my grandparents’ house the weekend following our birthday and have cake and ice cream… and if we were really lucky, we’d have an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen! My family always made sure people felt special on their birthday.

Now that I’m grown up, I just see my birthday as another day and I’m pretty content with that. It’s on this day that I just reflect at how much I’ve grown, how far God has taken me, and how thankful I am to have the friends and family I do… this year is no exception.

For the first time in memory, my friends are planning something for me tonight. Tonight is supposed to be a surprise, and while I’m not a big fan of surprises, I am extremely thankful (and excited) that I have people in my life who want to do something for me to help make the day special. So to Stephanie, Chad, Faith, Betsy, and Andrew, thank you so much for being great friends. And Serena, thank you for being so awesome to bake an awesome treat for my birthday!

Well, I thought I’d give you all a little treat. That video from my sixth birthday that I talked about at the beginning of the post? Yeah, you can watch it. You might enjoy seeing little me trying to blow out candles.