Reflections

Whilst driving in the car eating a delicious ice cream sammy, I heard a song on radio that really spoke to me. Here are the lyrics:

You’re gonna miss this

You’re gonna want this back

You’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast

These are some good times

So take a good look around

You may not know it now

But you’re gonna miss this

Great song, right?

I sometimes complain about this “in-between” stage of my life. This is the first time in my life I don’t have a “label,” per say. I am no longer a “College student” and I am not yet a “Wife” or a “Mother.” So what does that make me? How’s this...I am a, “24-year-old-college-grad-who-is-on-her-second-year-of-a-job-she-adores-but-seriously-wishes-she-made-more-money-so-she-could-stop-living-off-of-Easy-Mac-and-tortilla-chips.” Yes, I think that label fits just right.

So, lately I’ve been throwing myself an internal pity party. I heard the song and it was like a punch in the face that screamed, “Don’t wish these days away!”

And so I will not.

I will relish in the Easy Mac and tortilla chips and share with you several reasons why I love this oh so amazing “In-between” stage of my life.

What I LOVE about my life RIGHT this second:

I love being 24. I feel old enough to be taken seriously, but still young enough to be irresponsible when I want.

I love spending time with my nephews, all the while knowing they are not my kids and I can just pass them off to my sister at the end of the day.

I love that I don’t have to pay for my cell phone bill because I am still on my parent’s family plan. Thanks M&D :)

I love that I am living in a brand new apartment with one of the coolest girls ever as my roommate. And I love the area where we live. The energy in this neighborhood makes me feel determined and alive.

I love that I can drink without getting a hangover. And that I can dominate the world with my beer pong skills.

I love that Nick and I are young enough to have fun and enjoy spending time with each other without having to be weighed down with a million responsibilities.

I love that I consider my family members my best friends. We have always been close, but now that the crazy hormonal years are over I feel like we are all even closer. We actually spend time with each other by choice.

I love that I grocery shop like a 12 year old and buy fruit snacks, Lucky Charms and rainbow sherbet.

I love that I have ridiculous amounts of possibilities in front of me. The future is looking pretty damn bright and I can’t wait to see how the next several chapters are written.

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ~Benjamin Franklin

Email from Momma

Just wanted to post a quick email from my Momma. She sends me and my sisters an email (almost) every single day to give us wonderful advice, quotes, and stories. She has been doing this for two years now! She calls them her, "One-a-days."

Here is today's:

Hello chicks!

Just sharing about a conversation I had yesterday with a woman at Kroger. Jackie already knows this...

I was in the checkout line and remarked to the woman behind me how pretty the Gerbera daisy plant was that she was going to buy. She told me it was for her daughter - to celebrate her daughter's five years of remission from cancer. The plant even had five blooms on it! Her daughter is 22 years old now. Isn't that something? Here we are - kind of stressed out about all this moving that we are doing - all the financial worries - all the stuff we all naturally worry and get uptight about....and at the same time another family is struggling with far greater challenges. God bless that woman and her daughter. God bless us, too! Keep us safe and help us appreciate how fortunate we are.

I love you!
Mom