Not all of your dreams come true at once.......

Be patient knowing that all of your dreams don't come true at once - celebrate each one as it does. (NMG)

This is what I woke up and told myself this morning. After feeling very down last night after another pregnancy announcement, I needed a new attitude today. 

Don't get me wrong, of course I am very happy for all my friends and family who are expecting a baby or recently delivered a baby. I feel extremely selfish for being sad about not being at that place in my life yet. I know that God has a plan for me and I need to be patient.

I think the whole baby thing is harder for women than it is men. We feel so much more pressure to have children (for me, mostly from family). I know today, I am not alone (even though I feel like it), but a lot of women are having children later in their lives, because they have put some of their other dreams first. Education and careers have taken priority for several women these days, and that's true in my case. Not that I don't want to have children, because I do. The timing just hasn't been right in my life. 

I used to feel that my divorce put a kink in my plans to start a family, but now I see it as, it provided an opportunity for me to chase another dream of mine first: a Master's degree. I try to see the positive every day for the way my life has turned around the last two years, and I am so thankful for the kind words, love, support and encouragement from my friends and family. 

So, instead of feeling sorry for myself, I have come to realize that not all dreams come true at once, so celebrate each one as it does and be grateful.