It’s My Birthday!!!

Today I turn 37–which is crazy because I feel like I’m 27 LOL.

What have I learned this past year of growing another year older? I think my biggest lesson I’ve learned is that I truly have to rely on the Lord for EVERYTHING. This is a season of exhaustion, not being able to do everything I want to or set out to do, disappointments, but also pure happiness 🙂

In honor of my 37th birthday, I thought I’d share 37 facts about me–some light hearted and some more serious.

1. I became a Christian at the age of 13…a few months after my parents divorced. I was in a dark place and realized my struggle with perfectionism (my attempt to control something in my life) did not make me “good” and that the only thing that could ever save me was Jesus’s death on the cross.
2. I love water. It’s my most favorite drink ever.
3. My favorite color is blue
4. My second favorite color is pink
5. I’ve had glasses since I was in the 3rd grade, and I hate them. I just can’t get contacts in, so I’m stuck with them.
6. I found out last year that I have a gluten allergy
7. I love to read historical fiction
8. I’m very much afraid of heights
9. I remember our fertility doctor asking us how many kids we wished to have and Dustin saying two and I said three. Then after I had two, I decided that I was good with two. God had other plans, and now I couldn’t picture our life without three children!
10. I graduated from The University of Alabama–Roll Tide!
11. I love watching Christmas movies all year long
12. I’m 5’7″
13. I still have my teddy bear that I got when I was 2 months old–I’ll never be able to get rid of her!
14. I’m a morning person, not a night owl–never have been
15. I love movies
16. I especially love GOING to the movies
17. I have zero talents–I cannot sing or play an instrument and I wish I could
18. I once rear-ended a couple who ended up being in an affair with one another–it was a whole mess
19. I love listening to podcasts
20. I do not like scary movies, tv shows, or podcasts–nope, not for me
21. I cry very easily these days–songs, commercials, movies…anything
22. My nickname as a kid was Miss B
23. I LOOOOVE music
24. and I especially love live music–take me to a concert and I’ll be happy!
25. 25 is my favorite number!
26. I have become very “crunchy” since 2020
27. Dustin and I were set up on a blind date even though we went to high school together. He was a senior and I was a freshman, so we didn’t know each other in high school but we feel like our paths may have crossed at some point based on our friends and we just didn’t know it!
28. My favorite movie is When Harry Met Sally
29. My favorite foods (before becoming gluten free) used to be pizza and chicken fingers
30. Speaking of becoming gluten free…since I don’t eat gluten anymore, I really miss drinking craft beer. My favorite craft beer was from a Birmingham brewery named Ghost Train and the beer is Kaleidoscope. SO SO GOOD
31. My favorite cocktail right now is a paloma
32. I am a very particular sleeper. Ask anyone who knows me–if something isn’t just so, I don’t sleep well
33. I love to scare Dustin
34. I would love to own my own business one day
35. I miss running and I hope to start back soon
36. I love to do my quiet time first thing in the morning, but these days, something it’s not always quiet haha
37. I love my husband and children and am so thankful that I get to live my life being a wife and mother!

So there’s your 37 random facts about me!! I’m off to go to work and then have a wedding rehearsal to go to tonight where Harrison is the ring bearer. Have a great weekend!