21 Candles

Today is my 21st birthday, and this has been a long awaited day for me. Quite frankly, I don’t even know how to respond to this transition. I am very excited; make no mistake about that. Oh yes, I anticipate a family celebration and a special birthday outing with my friends. After all, a woman only turns twenty-one once.

Twenty one candles will sit on my birthday cake, twenty one years have passed, and twenty one wishes will be made. However, I will not be living a fantasy but an adult reality. I still have goals from the previous year that still have yet to be accomplished. It was my best of intentions to accomplish at least majority of them before the time of my birthday. Disappointing? Yes. Am I waiting on my Heavenly Father? Yes. My twenties will not continue as planned. They will continue as God has planned. It is in my prayers that He gives me the serenity to accept all that I cannot change, I am to fulfill His purpose for me, and that who I am will never change. Today is a day for joy, laughter, and excitement.

May God bless all who are turning twenty or twenty one this very year! May He fill you with His peace, love, grace, and mercy as you embark on your twenties. I have 21 years and I am still counting.