They say it's my birthday

I laugh everytime I see this picture. It's my 11th birthday- 1990.....swatch watches were all the rage, along with frienship braclets and side ponytails. I lived in a typical suburban neighborhood, played basketball with the boy next door nearly every night and didn't have to come home until the street lights came on. My best friend Karen and I were in different classes this year and it was like TOTALLY unfair.  My sister and I started our obsession with 90210 and we both had huge crushes on Dylan McKay. If I could tell this girl one thing it would be to enjoy every moment because in a few years your life is going to change and you will have to growup way sooner than most kids.  

Flash forward 22 years and I am celebrating my 33rd birthday. Life is beautiful. I have a loving husband and two beautiful children who are at the center of my world. I love motherhood and wouldn't trade it for anything. For the first time in a long time I feel settled and happy. It's funny- I'm not sure we really know ourselves until we are in our 30s.