28 Things I Know 28 Years Later
When I was a little girl, t here were quite a few things I thought I'd have by 28: clear hopes and dreams; a husband, perhaps; my dream job underway (or at least in mind) ; maybe financial security. Now? Friend-peers have dogs or homes and I'm impressed. T here were quite a few things I always thought I'd have by 28: one of them was conviction. So after a 28-day birth-month full of reflection, here goes a stab at all the things that I think, by now, I know. #Thisis28 Family comes first A winner never quits and a quitter never wins -- Coach Collins, N. Andover High School via Dad Courage is not the absence of fear, but the act of facing it Vulnerability is not a negative thing It's not often pain that takes us down, but the shame we feel about the pain God will always balance (our) books What we do in life echoes in eternity Hindsight is often 20-20 It's better to have loved and lost... At the crux of vulnerability are coura