There are 57 minutes left of my twenties.
Turning another year older doesn’t usually bother me, but this year is different. It’s quite strange to be leaving a decade behind and begin a new one. I don’t really know how to explain how I’m feeling.
I have been reflecting on my twenties and there are so many great memories:
the college days at TWU
mission trips to Kenya & India
Bible school in Australia
internship in New York City
sailing in Greece
sister’s wedding, brother’s wedding, the birth of my nephew
new friendships
bad haircuts (maybe not a great memory, but a memory nonetheless)
jobs
grad school
hard times, good times, and everything in between
My twenties have been good. Many things about me have changed, whether it be my looks, my perspectives, or my heart. I have made mistakes and learned from them. I have experienced great joy and so much laughter. The last decade has not been perfect, but I wouldn’t change it because it has made me who I am now.
The thought of being 30 scares me a little, but the one thing that helps me embrace it, is knowing that God is continuing to work in me and He is changing me to be more like Him. I am excited to see where He will take me in the next decade and in the year ahead.
So to my twenties I say, farewell. And to my thirties I say, the best is yet to come!
This is a glimpse into the future for me, hard to believe I will leave my twenties behind, they are being so good to me. I think I am gonna try and hold onto them for a bit longer, people never believe my age anyway. I figure I could still pass for 28 when I am forty. Maybe I will skip my 30′s altogether.