Day 47: Thirty

Thirty what?  Thirty days in a month.  The atomic number of zinc is 30.  Thirty is a score in tennis.  A semi-perfect number.  And it is my age as of today.

Thirty feels significant.  Like, this is it, I'm an adult and there is no turning back.  In the last couple of years, I've seen my knowledge and awareness of life go from the naivety of youth, to suddenly having new lenses that see life much more starkly.  The warm fuzzy hue of life has transitioned to a much clearer view of reality.  It's not bad...but it is harder.  It weighs on me as I suddenly become more aware that I have a role and an impact on this world, and the lives of the people that I coexist with.  

The first 30 years of my life I didn't necessarily have a goal, other than grow up.  It was a hard process, going from infant, to child, to teenager, to college student with new independence, to graduate with responsibility, to wife, and then to mother.  Those are major transitions.  Sudden, yet gradual, change.  But I think I would like to have a goal for the next 30 years.  I want to learn how to weigh the good with the bad.  I want to know through experience, that while most of the news headlines are touting sadness and shocking tales of woe, that there are good things happening everywhere.  That good, if it can't outweigh it, can at least balance out the bad.  I want my core to be grounded in goodness and hope, and I want to contribute to its presence in the world.  Thank goodness I have 30 years to accomplish this!

Lastly, I want to share with you John's birthday gift to me.  His support of my endeavor to do this blog daily has been so encouraging, yet I know this has been a sacrifice on his part.  This was a very thoughtful gift from him, an actual logo for this blog.  John's friend, graphic designer Brady Cobb, created this sweet logo.  Here it is.

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