39 and counting

Today is my 39th birthday and it's been a pretty quiet day. I went for a run this morning through the neighborhood (for the first time since I sprained my ankle a few weeks ago), ran a few errands, washed the dust from my car that's accumulated because of our construction and curled up with a book. This evening I had a quick meeting at church and Becca really, really wanted to take me out to eat since Louie was working. So we grabbed some fast food fare- she even gave me the cherry off her milk shake. Louie knows I don't actually love birthday cake, so last night, he made me these giant rocky road cupcake things without icing (because I don't particularly like icing). I've waited until my actually birthday to try them out. Just in case you didn't know, real men bake.



I remembered something today that I haven't thought of in a long time. When my mom was pregnant with me- late 1st trimester or early 2nd trimester, I can't remember- she had to have an emergency appendectomy. There was some serious concern as to whether or not I would survive the operation. It wasn't until I was pregnant with Garrett and reading about how babies develop that I fully appreciated how serious a situation it was. Psalm 139 says (to God), "you knit me together in my mother's womb...you saw my unformed body... " Now, there are probably countless times when God protects us from unseen dangers and we never know. But in this instance, I am well aware. I have no doubt that His unseen hand covered my teeny little self, protecting me from harm and preserving my life. That day, my life could have ended before it began, but He had a very specific plan and purpose for me- three of those little purposes call me mom!



So I think I'm going to finish up this birthday with the same quiet theme of the day... a cup of hot tea (green tea- it's actually pretty good... and full of antioxidants...I am getting older, after all), maybe another chapter in my book (reading glasses required... another sign of my decay) and most definitely, one of Louie's homemade rocky road icingless cupcake things.

"Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?"

1 Chronicles 17:16