Being that I am in my (ahem) mid-twenties, it seems that every day there is a new engagement, wedding, or pregnancy bombarding my Facebook newsfeed. Don't get me wrong, I am SO happy for everyone's joyous news, but it makes me wonder...am I behind in life? I have a fantastic boyfriend whom I love very much, we share a home together, and have raised two high maintenance puppies. But there's no ring on my finger, and definitely no baby on the way for a few years.
I am slowly learning that one of the advantages of being an adult and being able to run your own life is just that...having the freedom to decide the direction my life will go, and when it goes there. Despite my mom's "life timeline" she made for me (engaged at 26, married at 28, first kid at 30), I am enjoying exactly where I am in my life right now.
I know eventually I will have that wedding that I have been secretly planning on my Pinterest board, and I will one day have a fiery red headed baby to call my own, but for now I am perfectly content being a girlfriend and the kind of mom who can sleep through the night.
No comments:
Post a Comment