Birthday Musings

Yup, today's my birthday, turned the big 26 today...didn't think it would ever happen to me, but here I am!

My younger sister is in her first year of college at Snow, the last day or two she's been posting about loneliness. She just so happened to pick a school where she only knows a handful of people, and it happens to be in a smaller town, so I can imagine it could get lonely from time to time. My cousin Shara posted a comment on her blog, it said "you have no idea how cool alone time can be lol time to sort out your thoughts catch up on things read your scriptures and so on... what i wouldn't give for some peace and quiet at my house" Shara has 2 small boys and her husband is in the military so he has to be gone a lot. Looking at these two perspectives got me thinking how interesting life is.

Take elementary school, now that was the life! Recess, nap times, summers off, who could ask for more? But how we couldn't wait to get to High School. Now High School was full of fun times, first dates, first driving experiences, first jobs, all the things we dreamt about in elementary school, but boy I couldn't wait for college. When I got to college, that was real freedom! No parents, no curfews, practically no rules at all. College was definitely the most selfish time in my life...but I spent all too often waiting to be married. And before I knew it, I was married, and life was good! We both had good jobs, money to spend, traveling to do...but before too long we were wondering when we should have a kid. Then the baby comes and we think it'll be great when she can crawl, walk, talk, be potty trained, go to school, go to college, and although this is the phase I'm in, I'm sure it'll all be over before I know it too.

So I think happiness is really a choice we make, not something that will come to us someday or from someone. Enjoy the phase you're in, laugh at the things that go wrong. Be thankful every single day for big and small things! That when when you look back you wont have wasted a single moment.