---my happy lines---

So for the past couple of weeks, possibly even months I have been noticing lines, dare I say wrinkles when I smile.

Up until this morning my thoughts have gone something like this: I'm 27, I'm entirely way too young to have wrinkles. Granted I'm a single mom with 2 kids, I work full time, go to school part time....(should I continue??), I get it my plate is kind of full so maybe it's aged me some, but still I'm only 27,wrinkles really???

Needless to say I have not been excited about these little buggers.

But while examining them in the mirror this morning I realized that they aren't wrinkles caused by my full plate but they are my "happy" lines. They only appear when I smile. And when I realized that I thought back to this last year and found that I am happy.

I'm happier than I have been in years, and I mean years (lots and lots of years). I feel like at 27 I'm finally beginning to realize who I am and who I have the potential to become, and that, my friends, is a great feeling.

2010 was an amazing year! I hiked Havasupai, jumped out of an airplane with my best friend, moved out on my own (Hallelujah!), Allysa turned 1, Kohl was baptized. It was truly a great year. I'm beyond blessed. And it's because I'm surrounded by the best of friends, along with a wonderful and supporting family.

Let me just add that 2011 isn't looking too shabby either.

I guess the moral of this post is that at first glance one may just see wrinkles, but upon further examination one couldn't help but see them as happy lines.

Here's wishing you all lots and lots of "happy lines".