I live a charmed life.

I recently celebrated a milestone birthday. Not a milestone birthday in the traditional sense like a sweet 16 or a 30th but to those who know me best they know that I value one number more than any other and that’s the number 3. I was born on the 3rd day of the 3rd month and this year I celebrated my 33rd birthday. Not only did I turn 33 but my 33rd birthday was also the first day of the 33rd week of my pregnancy. Now THAT’S a lot of 3s. If you’ve been following my blog posts you may notice that I rarely get personal. I share videos that give a good insight into the events of my life but if I decide to write a post it’s mainly about my thoughts on pop culture or media relations or an opinion on something that’s making news on the net. This post I’ve decided it’s time to get a little more personal.

I was inspired by my friend Lacey. One of the most beautiful woman I know. She has a fan base of thousands and still has the courage to show her vulnerable side through her blog posts. Add that to one of the many reasons why I love her. It was her last post that made me finally decide to show a bit of vulnerability as well. As her title states… I’m going to “open up and let my guard down”.In 6 more weeks I am about to become a mother. I am the owner of my first condo this year and I have been married to a wonderful husband for almost 4 years. I can honestly say that I am more than blessed with an incredible life. I love the career I have pursued and loving even more that I have the luxury to take the next year off to enjoy being a mother. I have the most wonderful group of girl and guy friends a person could ever have and I feel so incredibly supported in every way. I am so fortunate to have my family. My parents, my brother, his wife and their new born daughter have such an impact in my life. I couldn’t live this life without them. If having such a great family of my own wasn’t enough to be blessed with, I have the best in-laws in the world!! I love my husband’s mother, father, brother and sister and the whole extended family as if they were my own! Really.. I mean it!

One the best things to happen this year (aside from becoming pregnant with my first child) is the news that my best friend is moving to Vancouver! This is a girl that I couldn’t convince to move here for any price before. Now, all of a sudden, she’s decided it’s time and she’ll be here in a month or so. Can it really get any better? To have her here at the start of my child’s life is something I can’t put a value on.

Last but certainly never the least on my list of wonderful things in my life, my husband is an incredible man who loves me and our baby more than humanly possible. There isn’t one aspect of my life that brings me down in any way and if I had to go through all that I did in the last decade to get here… I wouldn’t change a thing if given the chance to do it all over again. I am eternally grateful.

I guess what this post is for me is a chance to count my blessings and to love and appreciate every single one of them. To be surrounded by so much love and affection and personal riches is what I value the most. At the end of the day I thank everyone that is part of my life. Thank you for making my life so complete and full of so much happiness. I don’t take a single person or thing for granted and I will continue to do my best to return the love.

Maybe it’s all the pregnancy hormones that have me in such a sensitive state. Maybe by realizing how blessed I am is the right way to become a mother.

It might take me awhile to let my vulnerability shine through again in another post. I’m just appreciative that I was inspired to do so with this one.

Thank you, Lacey.