30 Reasons I'm Glad I'm .... Twenty-Ten

Oh, c'mon!  Give a girl a break!  It's traumatic enough to be celebrating your ... 1st anniversary of your 29th birthday... I don't need any more grief.


Today is my birthday.  I don't really like my birthday.  I remember liking it as a child, and I'm not sure when it changed.  But it did.  And this year, it has been much worse.   I am dreading turning ... twenty ten.  I don't want to be ... twenty ten.  Ugh.  But, I know I need to have a better attitude about this year, and about birthdays in general.  I don't want my girls to dread birthdays like I do.  And so, I present to you,


The thirty reasons why I'm glad I'm ... twenty ten.

1. I now have an excuse for the wrinkles.
2. I will NEVER have to be a teenager again.  Thank you Jesus!
3. It is ok to wear the underwear that is comfortable rather than sexy.
4. My hubby thinks I'm cuter now than when we got married, God bless him.

taken by Kristin at Sunflower Eyes Photography
5. I don't have to worry about getting in trouble for staying out too late because, hey, 9:30 is my bedtime baby!
6. Ten years ago, I didn't have my princesses.
7. It took thirty years for God to get through this stubborn head of mine.
8. I know a lot more now than I ever have.
9. At thirty (gasp, did I really just say that?!?!), you realize life is about the relationships, not the $$$.
10. I will be old enough to adopt when God says go (woohoo!)
11. It is now ok to wear the comfortable shoes rather than the cute ones.
12. I don't feel so bad when I have no clue who the popular pop artists are.
13. When people ask me why I don't wear makeup, I no longer feel the need for a deep, involved, spiritual answer.  I can just say, "because it feels gross".

14. I get to wear the cute glasses I always wanted as a kid.
15. I am old enough to gross my children out with PDAs.
16. I am young to gross my parents out with PDAs.
17. I am old enough to be seen as a mentor to those younger than me.
18. I am young enough to be treated like a daughter by those older than me.
19. I get to be reminded of my maturity every morning after a softball game.

20. I get to wake up next to my best friend every morning.
21. I get to tuck in the world's greatest kids every night.
22. I can borrow my parents' vehicle without getting the hour-long safety and friends lecture.
23. I can say the things to my kids that my parents said to me.  You know - the ones you swore you were NEVER going to say?  Because I said so is my current favorite.
24. I can use age as an excuse for my frustrating inability to remember names.  Like my kids'.
25. I have learned I can say no, and that the world will not stop spinning just because I did.
26. I can play a game just to have fun, not to defeat someone else.
27. I have realized that building relationships takes real work, and I am willing to do it.
28. I am perfectly content and capable of making a complete fool of myself in public to get laughs from my kids.
29. When I have a party on my birthday, it is because I want to spend time with the people most important to me. 
30. God has allowed me to spend thirty years on this earth.

And now, I am going to go roast marshmallows with a bunch of really great people.  Have a great evening!