A reflection on my twenties…. ****

In FOUR days, my twenties will end and with the entrance of my birthday, I will enter into my thirties. Wow. I have been wanting to be thirty since I was fifteen, so, I can barely believe that it is almost here. On that Thursday, my thirtieth birthday will be celebrated with an 80's themed roller skating party and Old Chicago Pizza deliciousness. So, with my twenties ending and my thirties starting, it got me thinking about my twenties…. so, I dedicate this post to my years 20-29!!!

I did the crazy twenty something stuff------ maybe my crazy was different than a lot of other twenty somethings, but I lovedddddd being crazy with friends….

Job-wise I was a server for the majority of my twenties which afforded me the time to be able to spend with my friends.

I had the joy of spending my twenties with the most amazing and quality group of friends. I met this extraordinary collaboration of guys and girls through the church I attended. We all served as youth leaders and friendships grew as a result. We went to church together, served together, watched movies together, and the besttttt was that this amazing group of friends could have fun in parking lots. What was more fun was that we could all have a blast, be crazy and we didn't need alcohol or any other substances to create fun. We were just fun.

****Cazi, Danny, Brandon, Mindy, Chris, Drew, Jacob, Ericka, Lindsay, Jamie, Sean, Rob, Greta, Doug, Kevin, Stephanie, Seth, Tommy, Shannan, Alaina, Johanna, Meagan, and me. ****

Together, we celebrated birthdays, adventured, took vacations, forked our pastor's yard, went to numerous conferences, create random projects for the church, cried and supported each other through life's chaos. I may not be near them, but these people are closest to my heart.

What was more interesting was that the majority of us did not see college as our current journey of life, so we were able to hang out into the wee hours of the evening---- and thus was created A-B-C-D (Amy-Brandon-Cazi-Danny)…. the ones who did not need sleep and thus we deducted that sleep was overrated…. which paved the way for some pretty fun late night escapades.

These friends made the best twenties a girl could ever hope for.

In my twenties, I had my first love (at twenty-three). I fell in love with my best friend. He made me feel special and cherished. It was not meant to be forever, but I am deeply thankful for our season of being loved by him and to love him. I greatly respect him and cherish the memories that we shared together.

In my twenties, I also got the deep joy to go to Africa. I fell head over heels with the people and discovered my heart for missions and passion to see the world know my Jesus.

Thanks to Jamie Lauren and my Dad, I discovered my love for running!!!!

                   ***I ran my first half marathon with my Dad in Columbus in 2 hours and 45 minutes***

                              *** I ran my first full marathon in Nashville in 5 hours and 33 minutes***

In my twenties, I became an auntie to my amazing nephew-- Asher Nathaniel David!!!

In my twenties, I lived in Ohio, Texas, Kentucky, Missouri, Africa, and Tennessee.

In my twenties, I went on a missions trip to Haiti where I met an amazing group of God lovers and we loved on the beautiful and incredible Haitian people!!!

This was my rockstar princess moment--- Chad, Brian, and I went to the Dove Awards 2013 here in Nashville….

In my twenties, I also met the amazing group of people--- most of us are not from Nashville, but our stories have led us here and we met at Kairos and have created memories…

I am so grateful for the moments that happened throughout my twenties--- it may not have played out the way that I expected the story to be written within my twenties, but I am so thankful for a fantastic twenties and I am excited to see what my thirties will look like. Farewell, twenties, thank you for the memories, moments, adventures, quality friendships…. the best is yet to come….