Growing up...

my birthday is this month and it's a milestone occasion...i'm turning 40!
i feel equally grateful to Abba for having lived this long, and sad that i am indeed growing older...
but it is an unalterable cosmic law, isn't it?

for most of my life, i have wanted to be at peace with myself...
i have never really liked myself, couldn't seem to find a reason to.
but now, i feel really loved by our Father...really and truly accepted for who i am.
He really loves me, never gives up on me, and makes me feel brand new.
He makes me feel beautiful and i'm so glad that He loves and forgives me on a daily basis.
we can start over, you know...brand new...clean slate...new beginnings...70x7.
so, i am getting older, that's true, but i'm actually starting to really live too!

i'm taking my 2 closest friends and my children to seattle for a long weekend in early august (Lord willing),

writing a novel that is reminiscent of robert jordan and ken follett,

taking my meds responsibly and keeping all my doc appointments,

for the continuing war between me and the liver disease,

paying my bills,

loving my 'wee-ones' and my kitty cats,

getting a mini-mini daschund in august (again Lord willing),

healing from losing my ernzy,

singing,

still learning italian online,

praising Abba for each day i have with my children and my soul-sissie, ttt (+ froggy and my God-babies),

loving my precious sissie's - b and c,

and falling in love with Jesus all over again!

how about you?

how has growing older changed the way you see and live life?
let me know you think...

and remember ~

it's a brand new day.