Happy Birthday Greenleigh & Happy Mom-iversary to Me!

Today I’m feeling just a little sentimental…  You see, this little girl turned 5 today.  Seriously, where does the time go?As much as I feel like that all my kids’ birthdays should be the valued the same, there’s something about Greenleigh’s birthday that’s a little bit more special.  Because it doesn’t just mark the birthday of a sweet, funny, and kind little girl, it also marks my anniversary of becoming a mom.  It’s my mom-iversary?  Whatever it’s called, it’s the day that my world got turned upside down and inside out.  It’s the day that I met my first child, who keeps me on my toes each and every day.  It’s the day that my life stopped being about what I want, and started being about what she needed.  Over the past 5 years my life has grown and changed in more ways than I ever could have dreamed. I celebrate this day for her but also – a little bit – for myself.  Five years down, a lifetime to go.