“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” – Kafka
Thirty-Five is looming. Thirty Five is looming large on the horizon. It’s looming so large that it will be here in a matter of days. For the first time in my life I have not been excited by a birthday up until today, and that makes me sad. Usually I begin celebrating in my head long before the actual day. When I was thirty my friend and I began planning the party months in advance. This one: not so much.
My darling husband had the nerve to say the other day that, “Thirty-Five isn’t a BIG birthday.” What? Snort. Clearly he is a) not a woman and b) insane. For some reason, I have seen it as the birthday. I don’t care about forty in the slightest, because by then I will already have been Thirty-Five and that’s where the tide turned in the other direction.
How LUDICROUS is all of this? Honestly, this morning I sat down and gave myself a good talking to. I am more creative now than I have been in years. I have a better understanding of who I am and what I want than ever. All of the signs from the Universe have been saying ‘Yes!’ I am in a marriage with a man who honours all of that and has dreams and plans of his own. Seriously. What is there to worry about? My ovaries? Wrinkles? Sagging boobs? Puh.
Bring it on.
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No, no. None of that stuff matters. What drove me crazy – and it didn’t hit till about 40 – was the vision thing. Holding a book out at arm’s length to read it – LOL! My 56th is fast approaching in a couple of weeks or so and I remember 35. It was fabulous!! Enjoy! I plan on having fun with 56. 🙂
I had stage fright before my 35th birthday. The 30ies so far haven’t disappointed me. Some downs, ok, but overall pretty good. And so are your 30ies by the sound of it! Hope you have a great day!
hmmmm, you look all of about 25, seriously 🙂 and since i’m very quickly approaching 41, 31 seems a bit like nirvana, tee hee xoxo
just a few more days and you will be the same beautiful you that you are right now and even better! i have a feeling some amazing (AMAZING!!) things are in store for you in the year 35. 🙂
You are bound to knock the socks off of thirty-five. You know what you want and are probably better equipped than ever to make it happen. I turned thirty-five this past December and the whole thing took me by surprise. I wrote about it here. Getting through my birthday was probably the hardest part.