The time is drawing near, 3 weeks from yesterday will be my 40th birthday! I have not really worried much about this particular birthday until about 3 or 4 months ago. All of the sudden, one day, out of the blue….BANG!! It hits me and I was crying all over myself, good grief!
What is it about these “milestone” birthdays that get people all wound up? I think part of my trouble started when the reality of my youngest daughter turning 20 this year hit! When did that happen that she grew up and turned 20?!?! We are so busy when the kids are little and in school, with all of their activities, the years just sneak by us so quickly, and then all of the sudden…BANG!!! They all come tumbling down like a ton of bricks.
Something else that I have realized recently is that I am an old 39 (soon to be 40) year old. I had both of my children at a young age, so it would only make sense that all the other people my age, don’t really seem like they are my age, at least to me. Are you as confused as I am yet?? For instance, the pastor of our church is going to be 40 in December, his kids are still in elementary and junior high school. All or most of my classmates from high school are the same, and there are a select few of them that their kids haven’t even started school yet!!! I am over here with a 23 and 20 year old….
Perhaps I don’t know how to act, after all, I’ve never been this age!! Like I said, I am and “old” 39 (almost 40) year old, but on the other hand I am also a “young” almost 40 year old, all of the other parents that have kids the same age as mine, are closer to 50. Maybe age IS just a number?!?!
With the countdown on until 40, I think I will take the words of Mark Twain to heart, it doesn’t matter your age, as long as you are happy, and you have people in your life that love you. After all, if Orange is the New Black, then why can’t 40 be the New 20!?!?!?
Keeping it Real 