46 Truths For 46 Years

For my birthday this year, I thought I would share 46 life lessons and little truths about me you may or may not have known!

1. I am an only child (SHOCKER, I know)

2. In high school, I took the child development course my junior and senior year

3. I have been a teacher since 2004 

4. My favorite drinks are Cokes and I just started drinking Coffee last year 

5. Pizza needs to be thin crust and no veggies

6. I am not sorry for 90% of the things I did and said in my past 

7. I didn’t eat guacamole until I was 45 years old

8. I have taught special education my entire teaching career

9. I was born here in Texas 

10. If you want something to be a secret - don’t tell anyone - period 

11. I have always wanted to live in Dallas cause of the show “Dallas”  

12. I grew up watching Dallas and Falcon Crest with my grandma

13. Stone cold Steve Austin was one of my favorite wrestlers

14. Stephen King is still my favorite author 

15. I was on drill team in high school and started my own middle school drill team on a campus I was at for 10 years. I made sure they never felt the way I was made to feel

16. My shoe size hasn’t changed since 8th grade (size 10) 

17. I graduated from Stephen F Austin State University with my Degree in Marketing

18. I got my teaching certificate via Alt Certification

19. I used to weigh over 315 pounds

20. I currently have 3 dogs and 2 cats 

21. Once I left my hometown, I have never had a desire to go back 

22. I have never lived anywhere else but in Texas  

23. My first car was a Nissan 240sx (mom said trucks were not for girls)

24. I was working at the Woodlands Mall the first day it opened 

25. I was accepted into Sam Houston State University and University of Houston and didn’t go there 

26. I learned in high school that people will hate you for no reason before they even get to know you 

27. As an adult, people will hate you for no reason before they even get to know you 

28. It really is easier to think of something nice to say than something ugly

29. If you sit, you will go. (potty lesson)

30. No one cares about most things as much as you do 

31. Losing a pet is never easy and it sticks with you forever 

32. As much as you want to think so, somethings aren’t better the second time

33. Don’t apologize for your standards just cause others don’t agree 

34. You can’t change someone and you shouldn’t try 

35. Choices you make don’t need to be justified to people who really care about you 

36. It’s ok to detach yourself from toxic people and family members 

37. I have never been embarrassed to be in public with my parents-grandparents - or Aunts/Uncles for that matter

38. Having boundaries does not make you a bad person  

39. Do not let the opinion of others you keep you from doing what you want to do. They do not pay your bills. 

40. I went to prom all four years of high school - but not all at my own high school

41. I put myself through college while raising a child- I wouldn’t allow my parents to help me

42. I have always been a better friend to others than they have been to me 

43. I love to race and drive fast cars - I just drive fast period - I have a heavy foot 

44. You really have to love yourself and know who you are before you can love and accept someone else. Changing to who you think they need and want till never work in the long term 

45. Your job shouldn’t feel like a job - you should love what you do. When you start dreading going to work - you need to find another job.

46. There is no greater love in the world than the love I have for my boys. You can NEVER love a child too much, you can never be “too obsessed” with them. They are the reason I live and breathe everyday. 

I could keep going of course as there is so much that I have learned throughout my vast years I have been blessed with - drop a comment on what lessons that you have learned over the years that stuck with you or tell me something about you!