Damian laughing at the world.
06 March 2008

I turn 40-years-old in less than four months.  I’m just not ready to be 40-years-old yet.  It’s not that I mind getting older.  As everyone says, you actually find peace with yourself and the world as you get older.  It’s just… well, there are clothes that I haven’t worn yet; shoes that I haven’t tried yet; experimentation that is waiting for me.  Sure, I might be a mom, but I’m not ready to be matronly yet.

I had heard “40 is the new 30,” and I have decided that will be the theme for my birthday, and may well be the theme for the next decade of my life.  It’s all in the mind anyway, isn’t it?  And I’m just not ready to be matronly.  I’m sure one day I’ll be ready for that stage of my life… just not yet.