Is it just me or is it really frustrating to hear about people who are significantly younger than you, but entirely more successful. Maybe some decided to work diligently and stick to a vision, some were at the right place at the right time or others just had the right connections (mom and dad, perhaps). I know at our ten year reunion there will be many people with impressive titles – CEO's, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Doctors, Professors or entrepreneurs. With the reunion being only one year a way, I imagine I will still be just mommy (as if I don't work just as hard as the bigwigs).

Every now and then when I hear those stories, I start to rack my brain thinking of ways I could achieve such success. I range from thinking of inventions to different ways I could work my way up in a company. I am completely focused on doing. What could I DO, I ask myself. That train of thought ends up leading me down a path where I realize I would be spending all of my time working, probably for a company that I care way less about than I do about being with my children and embracing these years. I don't get a bonus, a pat on the back, a yearly raise or a promotion being a mom, but I do get little rewards that make it all worth it. Last night Hannah was sleeping with me (which is a special something that she gets to do when Daddy is gone), and she asked to hold my hand. We held hands and she said, “Mommy, I just love you. Your my best friend.”

She calls me her best friend many times throughout the day, she even insisted that we have necklaces. She holds me accountable for wearing the bright pink and purple heart necklace with BFF written boldly on the front. The cable guy came over today and I forgot I was wearing it...I felt a little silly. Silliness aside, It melts my heart when she says it. I feel so honored. I have the title of “Best Friend” for this special little girl. She may trade me in for Faith and Cara pretty soon, but I am embracing these fleeting years while I still can. I wouldn't trade my BFF necklace for all of the prestigious name plates in the world.

I read today, “To accomplish much, be much. In all cases the doing, to be well-doing, must be the mere unconscious expression of being.” When I focus so much on doing, I miss out on what is important: being. The greatest testimony of my life is not what I do, it is who I am. When I left work in Oregon a woman was crying. I said to her, “I didn't DO anything!” She responded, “It's not what you did, it's who you are. You will be missed dearly!”

There is great contentment, joy and power in delighting in the season and role you are called to right now. Not looking ahead or behind, but rather soaking in this moment and this time of your life. You won't even realize that you are accomplishing great things by just being you. I may have an impressive title someday, but for now Mommy and Best Friend suit me just fine.