"i think i'll take a moment ... celebrate my age ...

"... the ending of an era & the turning of a page ...  

now it's time to focus in on where i go from here ... 

lord have mercy on my next thirty years!"

1. i've fallen in love ...

2. ... & out of love ...

3. ... & married the man who balances me out!

4. i travelled around the states when i was 21 ... explored & discovered & drank!

5. i've said goodbyes & cried & life hasn't stopped.

6. I discovered my love for photography ...

7. ... i got my degree ...

8. ... & i've found myself through my work.

9. I made friends ...

10. ... i lost friends ...

11. & now i am lucky enough to say i have some of the most amazing people in my life. 

12. I played rugby.

13. I ran from everything ...

14. ... i stopped running ...

15. ... & now i run simple because i love the feeling it gives me.

16. I know what it feels to be sad ...

17. ... & i know how it feels to laugh & love & be happy.

18. I discovered my faith.

19. I had short hair & long hair & now i have bangs.

20. I became a military wife.

21. I've lived overseas & made my "home" around the world.

22. I've read under the covers with a torch after lights out ...

23. ... & fallen in love with Jane Austin & thrillers & history.

24. I got tattoos. 

25. I played the piano.

26. I've watched the sun rise & set.

27. I've become the person i was meant to be.

28. I grew up with family who loves me ...

29. ... I know all my grandparents ...

30. ... & in 5 months they will know their great-grandson & i will start a family of my own!

You know i totally believe Tim McGraw got it right!