Blessed at 24

I am blessed with such an amazing family. Truly. They more than make up for my maternal side.

They definitely made me feel loved and special for my birthday last Saturday. They're just so amazing, loving, generous, accepting, friendly, fun and even a little quirky haha.

Normally, when I say "my family" I'm referring to my dad, step-mom and little sister, but here, I want to make it clear that I also mean all of my grandparents, my aunts, my uncles, my in-laws, my "adopted" family and my cousins.

You're all great, and I love you all so much. How did I get so lucky?

23 held a lot of change for me, and as much as I hate change, I currently love where I am. Some of it was really hard, leaving wonderful friends when we moved. I know things will never be the same, but I will always have them. Life long friends. :) I also learned that it's time to permanently let go of others. If the other person never initiates, or never cooperates, then it's no longer friendship. I don't want or deserve the heart ache of being the only one to try. And so, I've let things fade away and I'm moving forward.

I got promoted after 6 months and I'm now a lead. I love being a lead. I get full time hours and I have specific things that need to be done other than the repetitiveness of just working there. There are new things every week and I like seeing what sells down on my new displays. I'll be very sad to leave this job when he is done with tech school and gets his orders.

I've met wonderful people that I will miss when I leave. I've made great friends at my store and I love hanging out with them outside of work.

I've already mentioned that we moved. That was super hard not having anyone to rely on. But it made us stronger as a couple.

My dad retired from the Air Force, and so I no longer have military parents. That's kind of weird. But I like not worrying about them deploying anymore.

Sadly, 24 holds even more change for me as I become a military wife, but I'm sure I'll eventually love it, too. And, I'll always have my husband and my family there by my side.