So for those of you who follow me on Twitter or Instagram (@AskMYStilettos), you have been seeing my countdown posts for the past week to my birthday. All of them were hash tagged “saying goodbye to 25” so I figured that it would be only right to entitle my blog that way.
It’s about 11pm right now, about an hour before I officially turn 26 and I decided to sit, chill by myself and reflect on my year as a 25 year old. Some may think that’s boring, but that’s actually my scene, just chill. It also gives me a chance to be silent and sit with God, the One who created me. Ever since I was old enough to do so, I have made it a point to stay up until the time I was born. I was born on August 20th, 1987 at 12:15am. The previous day my mother had gone to the hospital for her check up and they realized that her salt retention was really high and posed a threat to me. As a result, the induced her, performed a c-section and here I am =).
This year has been…interesting. I’ve of course had ups and downs but I remembered my 25th birthday started off on the up physically but on the down spiritually. I had gotten myself so caught up in my old life style in the span of 2 weeks, spiraling out of control and not understanding how I let things get so bad. I won’t go into the details now because that blog is coming in a few weeks so stay tuned =).
Other than that and as a result of that, I learned a lot about myself, about God, and about people around me. I got deeper into my Word and I fought my way into elevating my relationship in Christ. I developed new crushes, crushes are fun! I finished my masters degree, wohooo! I blogged about that last week in “Team Masters Degree”. I started living life a little bit more, stepping out of my comfort zone, trying new things and getting out there and meeting new people. I visited San Diego for the first time. I connected with a bunch of my dad’s family through Facebook that I had never known before who all seem so welcoming and interested in getting to know me. One of my uncles is a pastor…how cool!
I could go on and on about every thing that happened this year, but in the end I guess what I’m trying to say is that I made it. Nothing tragic happened to me, every storm, every struggle, every little piece of drama, every trial. I made it through and it made me stronger. Every great thing that happened this year made life sweeter. I will be incredibly blessed to see 26 this year in good health. There are those that have reached my age but struggle with health or don’t have the opportunities that I was blessed with. There are those that were taken from this earth and didn’t get to see this age. I’m so incredibly blessed to have the family that I have, the friends that I have and the acquaintances that I have.
My prayer this year to continue to build my relationship with Christ, to be more in tune with what He tells me and to find my purpose in life so that I can walk on purpose. Getting married is a desire of my heart so I plan to be more intentional about preparing myself for my mate while I’m single. I want to be his favor and his helper, not an additional burden. 25 you’ve been good to me. It’s time to close this chapter on the first quarter century of my life and boldly walk into the second quarter century. Bring it on.
Cheers to many more!
xo Tasha
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