Another Year of Sunshine

I was given the gift of another year around the big beautiful sunshine. Each year, I notice how that sun shines a little brighter; yet burns a little more. I notice a few more scars and wrinkles from living the life that I do. Some of them created by laughing from the best kind of moments. And some created by pain from the hardest moments of growth.

But, my goodness, I will take them all. These precious reminders that I have lived; and that I have such stories to tell. These reminders that I am still very much alive.

It’s fulfilling to be proud of all the pieces that add up to make me who I am at this very moment. And there is something so darn exciting to me about all the opportunities and unknown adventures up ahead that I have yet to write. The stories that will continue to add to the pieces of the person that I still get to be.

Here’s to creating more scars and wrinkles in the sunshine; and to roads less traveled. Here’s to laughter and growth: and untamed hair. And here’s to the next year up ahead that, God-willing, I've been granted to live.