Bottle Full of Sunshine

I finally stocked up on a few bottles of wine today. It's been one of those weeks where I've needed them but had none in the house. Can you believe it!?! I know... how blasphemous of me!!! My good friend, Stacy, reminded me of my negligence almost like it should be the 11th Commandment:

Thou shall always keep wine in thou house.  

But anyways, this post isn't necessarily about my lushly ways. But all this talk about wine did remind me of the common saying:

Wine gets better with age.

Then I thought... "And so do I."

Yesterday, I noticed that it marked 30 days before my next birthday. 30 days before I celebrate the last year in my 20s. Wow.

Time sure does fly when you're having fun. And working hard. And living life... to its fullest. I've spent a lot of time this week thinking back to the beginning of my 20s decade. I'll spare you all the details of how much fun I had in college; how many friends I've made... and sadly, how many friends I've lost. I never thought a person could change as much as I have in the last 10 years. I'm the first to admit that I thought I knew it all at 21. And at 25. But boy, was I wrong!!! And for those of you who know me well, being wrong is not something I admit a lot. :)

I will always remember one of my female bosses that I had in my early 20s. She told me that "as a woman, you won't truly discover who you really are until you're 27." And she couldn't have been more right. Sure, the age of 27 might fluctuate a year or two, depending on the person, but I didn't truly know myself until about then. I found myself. And I found love. True love. And I found a new life I would have never imagined I'd live. And I found new friends. Different friends. A sisterhood. And I found new challenges. New highs. And new lows.

But through it all, I've never felt more:

Confident. Proud. Aware. Full of life.

And I can't wait to see what the next decade holds. Even if it involves more and more people calling me "ma'am." 

Then strangely enough... I opened my Positive Quotes for Every Day book, only to find this entry today:

Life Improves with Age
I feel like an ostrich who has finally pulled its head out of the sand and loves what it sees... I love getting older; things get easier every day." ~ Jane Powell

We've all got to believe that.

And if you don't, and you're having a tough time in life... try hard to envision that it can and will get better.

And then drink a bottle of wine. That always helps too.