The way I see it is...

Yep, that's my new motto.

I sit here trying to wrap my brain around the fact that I have been on this earth for six decades.

SIX DECADES!
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When I turned forty, I don't remember thinking that it was that big of a deal,
although there seems to be some sort of stigma attached...you know...of being "over the hill".
When I turned fifty, some of my so-called friends, one being my own husband,
(who was also in cahoots) secretly planned a "black" party for me.
 As I entered my church for what I thought was our regular mid-week gathering,
I was greeted at the door by a friend...and a wheelchair.
I was immediately whisked off to the party room where I was greeted by many others.
I was presented with some sort of silly crown to wear, given black roses and numerous lovely gifts,
including such things as Depends, Geritol and Preparation H...all in good fun, of course :)
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I remember thinking when I was little girl, how old my mom seemed to me.
And by most standards she was, especially compared to me, her baby.

She was forty-two when I was born...
...three years younger than I was when I became a grandma!
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I guess you could say that I never have felt my age...whatever that means.
In fact, most days I don't act it either...whatever that means!
Being the baby out of eight children has a way of making you feel like an "eternal baby".
I mean, I like to think that I am a mature, adult woman, which I am...sort of...
...in the ways that matter most anyway.
But I also kind of like the part of me that is still a kid in some ways...
...does that make any sense??
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As far as my health goes, my quarterly lab work tells me that I am doing great.
With the exception of a few cricking bones and only a few aches and pains occasionally,
I feel great!
 And if I could only find the secret to getting those numbers on the scales to come down,
something I have struggled with since I was an adolescent, I would be doing a LOT better!
I've heard that it has something to do with eating too much food :)
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Growing old is something everyone of us will have to face one day...
...that's just the way it is.
I gave up on growing in height long ago...5'3" is it for me, probably soon to be 5'2".
I hope not to grow outward any more than I already have through the years.
But I never want to stop growing in my relationship with my God.
 I need and I want Him to help me keep growing in all of those ways that matter.
It's a daily process...no matter how young or how old I feel...
...and it's only by His grace.
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So, what it all comes down to is attitude, I guess.
Just like the old saying goes...
"You're only as old as you feel" or "You're only as young as you feel".
Which one is it, anyway??





So...the way I see it is sixty IS the new forty!
Just humor me, okay?