27

last year i wrote a blog about being 26 - http://krystal-jenkins.blogspot.com/2009/02/26.html

i just read back through it and smiled. 26 was good. but 27 has been better. it was everything i had hoped it would be ... and really ... a lot more. each year of my life i realize that i cry harder and yet laugh longer. i feel things deeper and love things stronger. i am growing and 27 has been a huge year of growth for me. i even assume 28 will be the same.

i've made new friends this year that i cannot even believe i lived without before. i have felt genuinely loved like never before. i have seen the Lord guide my life and take my hand in very specific ways ... i finally have opened my eyes to the truth of faith and hope. all of these things will continue into the next year of my life and i am so excited about it!

so as 27 closes its eyes tonight and 28 opens them with excitement and joy tomorrow ... i am just thankful. i am blessed and i am loved. i am me. and at 28 i really really like me.

one thing i know for sure is that the best is yet to come. and i can't wait to see it!

so thank you 27 for being a blessing. and 28 ... you better be ready for me because i'm bringing my A game!