18..and still counting ;)

5 YEARS OLD!!!! :) i remember thinking i was the king of the HILL.... gaah..Look Out world cuz Victoria is FIVE!! boom shaka laka ;) I remember it like it was yesterday.. well kinda... i went and spent the day with Danielle Greene (lala ha) in Her kindergarden class..and i remember taking a nap (or attempting to, with the whole class) now please note i had not started school yet so this was NEEEEEW to mee! & i loved it! after school we went and ran some errands and then headed over to laurie divelys house.. where we got all dressed up like ballerinas...makeup hair the WHOLE 9 yards..we had cake.. and opened gifts..and man i was living it up:) i think i got some doll stuff, and fake makeup and jewelery if i remember correctly..

WEll.. that was back in 98. ya 1998. now here we are in 2011...and im not exactly 5 anymore... its crazy to see how time flew SOOO fast! i mean just in the past 5 years.. ive made memories to last me a life time :) & just one year after that picture was taken i was in a car accident that literally has me scarred for life.. NOT emotionally of coarse :) but physically.. something ive learned to deal with, something ive learned to appreciate ALOT. to be thankful to be ALIVE. cuz i am.. of all the people ive met.. Important people. All the laughs ive belted all the STUPID CRUMMY mistakes that ive made :l ..it's all apart of growing up i guess :) Just sitting back remembering all the times i cried and laughed , all the times i sat in my room thinking about life..being 11 thinking i was SO BIG! pshh.. to every 11 year old out there i say..STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. watch the people around you, PEOPLE are gonna make mistakes. people you trust are going to let you down, But in the end put your trust in the One who will never let you down.. i learned the HARD waY! believe ME i did! i played more games than you can count on 5 hands..talked the talk..blah blah..ive made so many mistakes its ridiculous..probably had the opportunity to ruin lots of friendships.. BUT you know what Ive learned more than you could count on 100 hands :D met all kinds of amazing people.. learned how to be a REAL friend.. how to listen rather than talk 24/7.. How to keep my mouth shut, because i knew it would get me in trouble ( that was a REVELATION i tell you)learned that friends are like GOLD.. especially the ones who stick with you thru thick and thin..i realized i was blessed with the BEST set of friends a girl could ask for .. i learned to put others first, even when i didnt feel like it, i learned that no matter what the situation ..SMILE. :)laugh :D and enjoy who you are.. i spent way to long trying to be something i wasnt.. and i finally realized.. God made Victoria Brooks to be Victoria Brooks. and By George thats who i am :) ...it shocks me to look back at my life, at all the mistakes and all the things i went through and to look and see that.. 'hey, ive never done drugs, hey! ive never drank, HEY I HAVNT EVEN HAD A BOYFRIEND! ha! now hear me out i said that not to get glory.. but to give the GLORY TO GOD! who gave me parents who loved me enough to shelter me!!! when i look back at my childhood i smile! i may have bad memories but theyre blurred out BY the Good ONes :) i have small regrets but no matter how much money you gave me ! i would never go back and do it over! ive learned way to much im moving on! and of coarse the BEST thing that ever happened to me was getting saved! what a glorious thing to step into adulthood... holding on to your salvation with all you have :) well... my whole point is.. im excited and im sad.. all jumbled into one.. Im excited to be an adult, yet im sad! because for 17 years and 11 months i was a 'Child' and now. today, I will never ever be a child again..i will forever be an adult! :O wow. TO ALL YOU CHILDREN...ENJOY YOUR CHILDHOOOOD !!!!!

now dont get me wrong! thats not gonna stop me from havin a good time! NO SIREEEE!!! :)

..well... i just thought id pooooor alll of that out :) thanks for reading, if you did :) hehe!

let me know if that all made sense ;S

well here i go ! cross your fingers yau'll

. and please dont misunderstand me! im not trying to come at you with this 'OOOH im soo BIG, im an ADULT' NO WAY! not at all! im still victoria :) and im working out my life! trying to figure out what God has planned for me! and im gonna enjoy it as i go... i feel like singing.. ' Dont wanna waste my life, life life.. hehe! well... I D K about you, but im gonna have a blast this year!! :D

PS. I have LIke the greatest friends in the WORLD! haha! calling me, singing to me, texting my phone off the hook, taking me out to lunch, buying me sweet teas! WOW..i even got a tiara!! YAAY! :) hehe! aah welll.. ive had an amazing Birthday ! i cant wait to see everyone at my party!

LOVE YOU ALLLLL OOOOBEr doOOOOBER MUCH!!!! :)