I turned 37 on January 26th... how the heck did I get to be 37? I remember as a kid I thought that was SOOOO old!
Here I am 37, happily married to my husband for 17 years. I have 4 beautiful, healthy children, a house to call our own.
I am blessed...so very blessed.
Thank you Lord for all you have done in my life!!
I made my grandmother's chocolate cake for my birthday and let my girls decorate it. They had a blast.. and it tasted delicious! There is nothing like Grandma Gates's Chocolate Cake. I just wish she had the chance to meet my babies... I don't remember alot about her(she passed when I was really young) but I do remember: they way her kitchen smelled of something always yummy baking, her always wearing a apron, her stockings, her being able to peel an apple all the way around and not have the peel break, taking my afternoon naps with her,how she rocked my brother and I and read us stories, playing in her hair salon she had in her house,how she loves Jesus with all her heart, her smile...oh her smile! I loved her more than anything...
I have been told that I look like her more and more as I get older.. she was short and round with "thick" legs. I have always hated my legs and how they look like "piano legs" as my Grandma would call hers), but now I realize that I am blessed to have them as a reminder of the awesome woman I called "Grandma". I can't wait to see her again someday! ♥
