My dear sweet Julia, my middle daughter, the one everyone says is the most like me, looked at me and said "Wow, Mom, in two weeks you'll be 40!". I don't know why, but for some reason that just doesn't bother me. I guess 40 is a big deal, I just don't see it as a problem. CheeseHead was torn up about it last year when he hit the big 4-0 and keeps teasing me about my impending milestone. But it's no big deal, there is nothing that I can't do at 40+ that I can't do now.
I don't think I've ever had any aging heartburn. I take that back, I do remember when I turned 25 and several people said, 'you're a quarter of a century!'. That didn't bother me, but when my Dad called and said ' Wow, 25, that's half way to 50!' THAT got to me! Even writing this right now somehow 50 looms pretty large. I guess that might be my 'old' threshold, talk to me in ten years. Hopefully by then Jules will have a little more tact, then again she will be 20, yikes!!
-E
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