Happy Birthday Me! My present to myself is starting this blog. I don't promise it'll still be around when I'm 50 (or even 41), but for now I'm happy to announce to the world:
I'm 40 years old today!!
I wasn't really in the mood to celebrate my birthday till today. You hear all these stories about people, especially women, being depressed about turning 40. Admittedly I'm new to the game (I've been 40 for a whole hour now, officially)... but I don't get it. 40's GREAT! I'm old enough to feel comfortable in my skin, not feel (too much) peer pressure or the need to seek 'approval' -- yet young enough to still be enjoying life and, prayerfully, have many more adventures ahead. That's why I feel blessed to have reached this day and say:
40 is the new 20!
OK... minus the grey hair... because Lord knows they've been showing up in droves lately. So far, I'm sticking to my guns - I REFUSE to die it. (OK, except for those 2 times I took a mascara brush to my bangs - that doesn't count, right?) Grey hair is natural. And what's the point -- it's just going to come back, and everyone knows it's there anyway whether you cover it or not.
My kids - all 3 of them - think 40 is really old. My 21yo looks at me like: "you're trying to be cool but you KNOW you're no longer in my generation, right?" (duly noted!) My 8yo is like: "Mommy, I still love you even if you are old." I'll take that for the compliment it was meant to be. And my 6yo just learned to count to 40 not long ago... so my age is really near the end of his understanding.
There are so many cool things about 40 - like WD-40 (mundane yes, but where would we be without it???) and 40 winks (of sleep - which I could use right about now). And 40's all over the Bible: Jesus fasted 40 days and nights, Noah survived 40 days of rain, the Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years.
See? Even GOD loves 40! And so does Uncle Sam -- he'll be looking for your "10-40" real soon!
So to all you 20- and 30-somethings out there... don't be jealous. You'll be "40" real soon!!!
I'm 40 years old today!!
I wasn't really in the mood to celebrate my birthday till today. You hear all these stories about people, especially women, being depressed about turning 40. Admittedly I'm new to the game (I've been 40 for a whole hour now, officially)... but I don't get it. 40's GREAT! I'm old enough to feel comfortable in my skin, not feel (too much) peer pressure or the need to seek 'approval' -- yet young enough to still be enjoying life and, prayerfully, have many more adventures ahead. That's why I feel blessed to have reached this day and say:
40 is the new 20!
OK... minus the grey hair... because Lord knows they've been showing up in droves lately. So far, I'm sticking to my guns - I REFUSE to die it. (OK, except for those 2 times I took a mascara brush to my bangs - that doesn't count, right?) Grey hair is natural. And what's the point -- it's just going to come back, and everyone knows it's there anyway whether you cover it or not.
My kids - all 3 of them - think 40 is really old. My 21yo looks at me like: "you're trying to be cool but you KNOW you're no longer in my generation, right?" (duly noted!) My 8yo is like: "Mommy, I still love you even if you are old." I'll take that for the compliment it was meant to be. And my 6yo just learned to count to 40 not long ago... so my age is really near the end of his understanding.
There are so many cool things about 40 - like WD-40 (mundane yes, but where would we be without it???) and 40 winks (of sleep - which I could use right about now). And 40's all over the Bible: Jesus fasted 40 days and nights, Noah survived 40 days of rain, the Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years.
See? Even GOD loves 40! And so does Uncle Sam -- he'll be looking for your "10-40" real soon!
So to all you 20- and 30-somethings out there... don't be jealous. You'll be "40" real soon!!!
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