What to pAst?

Hmmmmm,
What to post?  What to post? I have to post something,  or I won't make my goal of at least two posts a week.
Maybe I should write about my past as three times straight, I keep accidentally typing "pAst" instead of "pOst"......
I don't particularly find my past that interesting, except to realize that I now have more of a past than I would like to admit.  I turn 34 this year.  I think I can remember when 30 seemed old.   I assure myself that it's true what I've heard - 40 is the new 30 ;) 
Time sure is relative, isn't it? 
I remember 3 years ago when a friend introduced me to an older woman at a community function.  I remarked that I had 3 children, at which point the older woman's jaw dropped in shock to learn I was old enough to have 3 children because I looked so amazingly young (ok - that part might be a teensy bit exagerated, but the next part is true) - and so she asked me how old I was.  Honest to goodness my mind froze.  I.  could.  not.  remember.  Thoughts of college days flashed before my eyes and they didn't seem that far away, so I stupidly stuttered - (and I quote) -  "23,...  27,.. I,..  I mean 30!  I'm 30!"
I think older lady went away pretty impressed with this brunette bimbo.  I hope so, because this brunette bimbo went home a bit depressed.  I was no longer in my 20's and college days suddenly seemed a looooong time back.  I realized I was in a new stage of life, never to relive the 20's.

BUT -I am now comfortable being a 30-something.  I'm married to a wonderful man who I realize with each passing year I am unworthy of (trust me, I used to think it was the other way around, but that's another topic).  God has blessed us with 3 healthy, happy children.   We know of Jesus love for us.  We are blessed to live in a free country.  I could go on and on, but this is not about blessings, this post is about me being in my 30's.

So as I was saying, I am now in my 30's.  And 30's are good.  (right 30-somethings?)
I may sag and bag a bit more, but it's from bearing 3 children.  I might not be able to stay up quite as late as often as I used to, but fortunately there are no more mid-term exams that require me to.  I may be driving a fancy, sporty mini-van, but at least it's not the old '77 Vega which required 1 quart of oil a week.  Yeah, I bought oil by the case.  And my big shopping sprees may now revolve around kids clothes and toys (even when I attempt to shop for me), but those things are for my kids.  Kids I used to only dream about and make up names for as a child and wonder what they would someday look like.

I'm grateful for where I am at in life.  I am in the young family stage.  My children still think I am the coolest thing on earth.  I'm still young enough to play with my kids at the park or run up and down the stairs 100 times in a day.  Yet I'm a bit wiser than when I was in my 20's.  I'm that many more years in love with a wonderful man.  That many more years I've seen God's goodness and faithfulness in my life.

Thanks Lord for my life.  Help me make the most of it -  decade by decade, year by year, and most importanty,
Moment by Moment.

Enjoy your day.  Enjoy your moments.  Before you know it, they will be your past.
Hope you enjoyed this pAst :)

Interactive:
What is the best thing about being in your 30's (or in some other decade) that you didn't expect when you were younger?   And as always, feel free to comment, even if it is not in response to the "interactive" question.