Celebrate!

This week Glen celebrated his 34th birthday, yep, 34th! My family has always treated birthdays as something special. It is a special day when that certain person was brought into the world and eventually your life. It should be celebrated! It is not just a day to receive things and see how much stuff or money you are given. It is a day to let that certain person know that their life is being celebrated. So, every year that Glen and I have been married I have done my best to throw Glen a party of some sort. With that being said, this week has been wonderful and yet terrible. This week I have not only been blessed to celebrate Glen's life, but I have also mourned the tragic death of a high school/college friend. The death of Micah has made me think a lot the past few days about how blessed I am. How truly bless I am to be able to celebrate the life of my husband this week, and my children earlier this year. It makes me realize how quickly life goes by and how quickly it can be taken away. I will always celebrate the birthdays of my family every year. It doesn't matter if it is just dinner or a big party at the house, they will know that they are loved, appreciated, and how blessed I am to have them in my life. Life is something that I feel is taken for granted too often. So tonight when I tuck my kids in to bed, and I listen to their sweet prayers I will tell them how much I love them and say a special prayer for them. I will pray that tomorrow, and only tomorrow because I can only take one day at a time, that I will have the patience to listen, talk, and discipline my children. I will speak to them with loving words. I will have only words of kindness for my husband and most of all a open heart to what ever God puts in front of me.