It’s my BIRTHDAY!!! I have been trying to live my best life for 47 years now! I scripted the list below of all the things I have learned in my 47 years, and I think I have managed to script it in order! 😊

I have learned to cry.

I have learned to love.

I have learned to laugh.

I have learned to walk.

I have learned talk.  

I have learned to sing.

I have learned to dance.

I have learned to read.

I have learned to be a good granddaughter.  

I have learned to say “Please”.

I have learned to say “Thank-you”. 

I have learned to tie shoelaces.  

I have learned to be a good friend.

I have learned to love animals.  

I have learned to travel.

I have learned to ride a bike.

I have learned to experience death.  

I have learned to heal from experiencing death.

I have learned to drive.

I have learned to help run a household.  

I have learned to fall in love.

I have learned to be in a relationship.  

I have learned to plan a wedding.  

I have learned to work and advance a career.

I have learned to overcome and move forward after miscarriage.  

I have learned to be a good mom.

I have learned that my heart now beats outside my body, in my son.

I have learned how to make tough choices to keep family first.

I have learned that friends are the family you choose.

I have learned to how to lose weight.  

I have learned to regain weight.

I have learned to be a good daughter. 

I have learned to navigate helping a grade school-er learn and succeed.  

I have learned to embrace exercise.  

I have learned what it takes to prepare and to have a safe weight-loss surgery.   

I have learned to survive and move on from divorce.  

I have learned I have a pretty great work family.

I learned patience to teach my son to drive.

I have learned to support and help an ailing parent.  

I have learned to run, completing a Half Marathon. 

I have learned to lose close friends.

I have learned to make new close friends.  

I have learned to launch and maintain a blog.

I have learned to forgive.

I have learned you actually survive when your child travels abroad without you. (Barely!)

I have learned you get to mother even when your teenager becomes a man!  

I have learned to do less overthinking because life takes some pretty cool twists and turns...enjoy the ride!

What crosses your mind when your birthday comes around?