It's My Birthday!!!

I'm 45 years young today! I always stop and think about my life on my birthdays...where has the year gone, am I a better person, have I grown in my love for Christ, where do I want to be a year from now...I always think about my mom as her birthday is the 13th. Now that I'm a mom I really appreciate her going through a 'labor' of love on her birthday to get me here!! Thanks mom! At the beginning of this year I was terribly sick and in the hospital 3 different times by spring break. There were days that I didn't think that I would get any better. But today I feel so good and have better health than I have had in quite some time. I had a child graduate high school, get married and move away to start college and all that May through August and I survived! I will be a "Honey" by Christmas and I am looking forward to this new adventure in my life. I still have two beautiful teenage daughters at home and my love for my husband just grows stronger each day. My oldest daughter is calling me at least weekly and involving me in her life and sharing with me. I have a very good friend, Dara who encourages me and sticks by me in the good and bad. I have a great relationship with my sister (who is older than me!) and we can laught and cry together. God continues to show me that His way is so much better than My way...thanks for another year!!!