Debbie,
50
years….. That’s only 18,250 days, or a mere 428,000 hours. When you look at it
that way, it doesn’t seem nearly as bad (NOT). Remember, “50 is the new 30”,
WHATEVER! That’s a load of crap too, but once you’re there you’ll reach out and
embrace anything that helps you feel better about saying the “F” word. Turning
50 wouldn’t suck, if every time you turned around there wasn’t a reminder of
just how different things are. I hate it when I go to a doctor and they look
like a pre-pubescent 13 year old. I always have the urge to have them show me
their driver’s license before they touch me. What the heck!? Last time we got a
new engineer, someone mentioned “James Taylor” during a meeting and the new kid
didn’t know who “James Taylor” was…. Now that’s some poor parenting, I’ll tell
you. Yes, I would love to tell you that turning 50 is all the rage, but it’s
not. Don’t be surprised if elastic is your new best friend; if it is, rejoice
because although you may love it around your waist, the elasticity in the skin
becomes a sparse perk. If you’ve never
had much of a green thumb, since turning 50 you may find you can now grow inch
long black hairs on your chin, seemingly over night. It’s wrong, it is all so
wrong. The best thing about turning 50 though, is looking around and seeing all
of the beautiful friendships you’ve invested in over the years. Trivial stuff
like the color of your hair, or the numbers on the scales may fluctuate, but
the one constant making the bad stuff less scary and the good stuff much better,
is the eternal relationships you’ve made. We’re all in this thing together and like
they say (whoever they are) it’s not over until the fat lady sings and I’ve
noticed that she wasn’t invited to your party, so we’re good! Party on my
friend, party on.
P.S. When I proof read this I noticed the font was a little
small and the color a little light so I increased the font and made it bold
cause at 50 everything is better when it’s bigger and bolder… Wouldn’t you
agree?
Love Jac
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