Goodbye 26..

10:39 pm and here I am the evening before my birthday trying to make every moment count. I know many are thinking come on your only 26 aren't you exaggerating just a bit? Maybe, However when I think of moving into my 27th year in just over an hour, I'm not looking at the number so much as how far I have come. More so how much has changed in one year.

If you have been following my blog you know I am a mother to two beautiful children. My son is three and my daughter is five soon to be six in June. I was told many times growing up, "Don't Blink" time will go to fast, and of course like most I just laughed. I just couldn't wait to be 18, and then 21. Like a mother I cant help looking at my babies. So much has happened just this year, and it literally feels like I blinked. Years have started to feel like weeks, weeks feel like days, and days feel like hours. That once 16 year old girl who couldn't wait to turn 18 and get out of mom and dads house is now watching her babies grow in her home, and praying everyday that time will just slow down.

I tell people I don't want to celebrate my birthday, and it's not because I feel "old." Sometimes its nice to just pretend that time has been frozen. To take a step back and watch my little ones play and feel like they will always be my little ones asking for mommy to kiss their boo boos, books before bed, and snuggles only a mom can give when they just don't feel good. A birthday serves only as a reminder that another year has come and is quickly gone.

So 26 thank you for your memories... and to you I say goodbye. Whether I like it or not, 27 is coming in exactly 1 hour and 3 minutes and I have no choice but to make the most of it, and try my hardest not to blink.