Tomorrow I'm going to be forty! Yes 40. This time last year I was not to keen on the idea of being 40. I felt like there was a heap more things I wanted to do before I turned 40. But, that's ok because in the last 12 months I have left behind the unready me and discovered that I'm ok. I've discovered a powerful version of myself, hidden away in a space that I didn't know I had.
I've never been one to do nothing... Primarily I've been a mum for the last 16 years. I've baked hundreds of cakes and biscuits, I've read stories, walked by the river and fed the ducks. I've cooked hundreds of dinners, changed countless wet beds, I held a little boy for three years while he cried, I've made play dough, done finger painting and written spelling words on children's tummy's! I've taught heaps of people to be creative, I've listened to people talk. I've sung silly songs and made up stories. I've made lots of quilts to comfort, encourage and keep people warm.
I've never been one to do nothing... Primarily I've been a mum for the last 16 years. I've baked hundreds of cakes and biscuits, I've read stories, walked by the river and fed the ducks. I've cooked hundreds of dinners, changed countless wet beds, I held a little boy for three years while he cried, I've made play dough, done finger painting and written spelling words on children's tummy's! I've taught heaps of people to be creative, I've listened to people talk. I've sung silly songs and made up stories. I've made lots of quilts to comfort, encourage and keep people warm.
I've been a Champion Centre mum and done all sorts of therapy with my kids. I know heaps about child development now!
I've done all sorts of things, now I work with Russell to run our Painting and Decorating company. I write things like Health and Safety Policy and develop and Human Resources Manual.
It's funny though, I haven't changed the world. I'm not famous (not that I intended to be), I'm about as ordinary as you can get, but I'm completely at peace with the journey I'm on now. I'm not scared. As I head into the next stage of my life (which includes another baby) I'm up for the adventure. What ever comes, it will be ok. My life is safe. Thank you God, I'm on the right path and I'm in safe hands - Yours ....
“See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you." Exodus 23:20
A journey is not something you do by yourself... thanks Mum and Dad for being there for me, thanks to my good friends Shenleigh, Liz, Charise, Jo, Barbara-Anne for giving me a kick when I need it and a laugh when I need that too! Thanks Jeremy, Sharyn and Jo for teaching me to love. Thanks to Russell for having the courage to join the crew and thanks for Jocelyn for always being there. Thanks to John for your patience and confidence and thanks to Mike for being so bossy.
But best of all thanks for David who believed in me and loved me first of all and to my three special kids who taught me how to have fun!
I can't wait to be 40 now and to enjoy the next stage of my life.
1 comments:
Happy Birthday!!!!! and many congratulations on your pregnancy. (more quilts to make!)
I wish I were able to express how much I have enjoyed (and will continue) monitoring your life thru your blog. We live so far apart yet somewhat similar lives, I think of us as friends who haven't met.
I'm soon 49 and can tell you the 40s are awesome. Now I don't know what 40 with infant is like so I'll just have to read your updates as they come. I imagine they may be less frequent but probably most illuminating.
You wrote that "there's something that you can do better than anyone." I think you found it right here in your words. You may at times feel lost or alone but the way you reach out and express it is contagious to the reader. I hope you keep writing to the masses.
Chris in Louisiana (not blown away just yet)
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