At midnight tonight I will officially be 22 years old. I am trying to remember what has happened this past year and I don't have much. I completed a few more semesters of college, got a promotion at work, realized I couldn't stay sane with my job while going to school, quit my job, got into animal rescue, met a few awesome people, and made it through a few rough patches. That is the recap of my year. No shattered elbows, or extremely life changing events...just life.
However, I would like to think that I grew a lot. My testimony of the gospel has grown so much and I feel like I am growing closer to Heavenly Father daily. Honestly, for almost the first time in my life, I can say that I believe in Christ and mean it 100%. About a year ago while my brother and I were driving down to school an accident happened. (He will probably hate me for telling everyone this, but I feel the need to write it.) He fell asleep at the wheel. That whole entire day I had the worst feeling in my stomach, I was flat out uncomfortable about the drive. I felt the need to pray the whole way, so I did. When we were about two hours or so away from Rexburg, I got this prompting to call my brother and make sure he was okay. I thought to myself "He is a big kid, he can take care of himself." Every time I ignored the prompting, the feeling to call him got more and more intense. As I went to get my phone, he was already on the median. I watched him spin in circles. Their was not any major damage to his car, so I waited for him to get out. Luckily he did. After the accident we had a strange encounter with a weird tattoo faced guy, and a cop pulled out in the middle of no where. I guess where I was going with this is having the knowledge that Christ is always there. He is, he is only a prayer away. I honestly think that if I did not constantly pray the whole way down, things could have been worse. I know that this WHOLE problem could have been avoided if I listened to my prompting, but my brothers safety was in the Lords hands and I am beyond grateful for the love that he showed us that day.
Another weird thing happened this year. All of the sudden I am not afraid of children. The thought of them used to freak me out. Now I just realized how amazing they are and how much life they add to yours. I want to have a family someday.
Oh, I also had a frightening encounter with a moose and its baby. I probably could have been ran over by that thing, but it shouldn't have been snacking on the neighbors tree or freaking my dog out. Somehow I was able to make it annoyed and walk away when I made a whole bunch of frantic and clapping noises. Yay, aside from that random blurb about the moose, this year has been a good year for growing older. Bring on the next one.
I'll say it again, ... Happy Birthday, Amy!
ReplyDeleteI love how your testimony has grown over the years. There used to be an old magazine ad (I won't tell you what it was for)... that the slogan was, "You've come a long way, Baby!" I think that suits you.
Thanks for sharing your story, too. Hugs to you!