I felt like it was time for me to do a blog post for several reasons. One, to update you all on what has been going on with my life. Two, I feel like I am finally back into a creative space. Three, because it is extremely therapeutic to write down your thoughts, even if you are unsure if people are reading it.
Ok, so what has been going on with my life since the last post. Well… I went to NOLA to celebrate my 30th birthday with a group of friends (18 of us to be exact) and had an amazing time. I ate the best food, tried a lot of new things, went to places and viewed things that I cannot see in NC (like an alligator tour) and lived my best life. In addition to all of that, my boyfriend asked me a life-changing question “Will I marry him?”. So, I went to NOLA with a boyfriend and left with a Fiancé.
His proposal didn’t quite happen the way he intended but it was perfect to me. We went to take photos as a group, and he pulled me aside to play a video of my family members wishing me happy birthday and stating how proud of me they are. Of course, I was immediately emotional (especially when my Aunt Brigette mentioned my Grandmother) and was shocked at how intentional he was with ensuring my family was a part of this trip. He then walked me down towards our friends and asked me ‘If I would marry him?’. Honestly, I cannot tell you what else he said before or after that moment – I promise I went blank and thinking ‘is this happening? Is this real? Someone wants to marry me?’. If you read my last post about not stressing out about what you do not have or that you are not where you thought you would be at you age – you would know how important this moment was for me. I stopped letting comparing myself to others, stopped thinking that I wasn’t as far along as I needed to be, stopped stressing out about life and within a month or so, this happened. God already had this planned, already set the seeds in place for this to blossom and all I needed to do was stop worrying and let my faith take over and not my fear.
I shared this update with you all not to brag or to make you feel like you are not where you should be, but to inspire and state that there is so much power in prayer. When you stop focusing on the things you have and enjoy your current state, God will open doors that you didn’t even know where an option or even in place. As a female, there are so many things people state we should do by a certain age. But none of that matters, things happen as they’re supposed to. Career, marriage, kid(s), houses, and whatever else major events – they all happen when they should. Someone else’s timeline is not yours and that is fine.
Enjoy the moment, live life, be grateful & stay prayed up!
Love, Brown Girl
“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.” – Paulo Coelho