I'm not a big "change" person. I collect change for our vacation jar, but I don't like change. I love the same patterns and daily life. I quit "working" for a paycheck when our daughter was 20 months old. I became a stay at home mom and worked harder than I have ever in my life. Next week I am going back to work. Just part time and doing something I really love, but it is weird. I'm used to coming and going and I have my routines. Now I need to switch things up a bit and for me it's an adjustment. I have found as I get older switching isn't as easy as it was. We become settled in our daily lives and find comfort there. We generally know what to expect. The funny thing is I make fun of my mom because of her "schedule". She does her laundry every Saturday morning at 9:00am. No matter what. I'll never be like that, I proclaim! Yet, what am I doing every Monday morning? Yup, laundry. So my goal for the next 50 years is to try to not be so settled in a routine. Mix it up a little. So next week I might just do my laundry on Friday!

Friendship

I am so blessed to have some really special people in my life that lift me up when needed, laugh at my stupid jokes and accept me just as I am. I think back in high school about people who were my "best friends". I don't have a clue where they are today. I tell my kids that when they get discouraged about people. The true friends I have are ones I have made as an adult. The women in my life are amazing. They are strong and beautiful and full of life. They speak wisdom into my life and seek to build and not destroy. They completly accept me for who I am and do not try to change me. That's the kind of friendships that work because you don't have to work on them. I am so glad I can head into the next 50 years with them at my side. I am blessed!