Dawn Of A New Age!

When I was very young I used to say , jokingly, that when I turned 40 I would want to off myself as to not suffer from wrinkles or old age! I look back now, from the young age of 33 and wish I could contact my younger self and give her a heads up on what's to come!

Just think if we could enlighten our younger selves and educate them on the error of our ways, how much heartache we could spare them! On the other hand, if life really worked that way how much would we actually learn? How could we become better people throughout our lives if we didn't stumble along the way & make mistakes?

I am actually enjoying the aging process! I admit I'm a bit more liberal with the eye serum these days! I am also much more apt to apply sun block in a think coating! I am much more aware of the foods my family & I eat and demand we all take multi-vitamins! The younger me didn't think there would ever come a time when health would be a higher priority than partying! Now days, even on kid-less evenings, such as the one we had last night, I'd rather crawl into my comfy bed with my husband than be at a bar drinking!
Did that seriously just come out of my mouth? Yup, it sure did! And at the rate I'm going it won't be the last time it will do so!

I find myself evaluating life on a daily basis! Not in the obsessive, paranoid sense, but rather as a means of treasuring each and every second I've been given in this life! With the tragic accidents, death & loss our little community has faced in the recent past I've been finding it necessary to check in with how fortunate we really are in this life. I find myself looking forward to the feelings of even the smallest achievements; tender moments with my husband, family & friends; summer months for BBQ's & outdoor activities; fall & winter for the snuggle time I know is eminent; spring time for the cleaning & rejuvenation we all need by the end of our long winter season!

There are still so many things I have yet to achieve in this lifetime and now that I'm older I am appreciating so much more than I ever could have in my early twenties! Does that make me old? I suppose to my younger self it does! For my current self though, it is just simply the dawn of a new age! A new age in which the possibilities are beautiful and endless!