A Review

Of Me...

I will be fifty years old (OMG) next Tuesday .  I cannot believe I have come this far.  I certainly don't remember being born, or most of my early years, but I really feel as if I were nineteen just yesterday.

Time doesn't fly, it disappears right before your eyes.  Jesse was just twenty-one.  How is that even possible?

I was not always the happiest person, I was not always the most social, but I  always strive to be as introspective as I can; to change the things about myself I do not like and proliferate the things I do.  I hope I was as best a friend to all my friends that I could be.  I hope, even with my trials and tribulations, that I was the best mother that I could be; and certainly I've tried to be the best wife-lover-friend to Michael that I can be.

What else can we do in our lives but to be good, to love, to be kind, to do our best?  Other than our best (which is all perspective anyway) what else can we be?  Some appreciate the effort, some don't, some don't see it at all.  In any case, the sun rises and another day comes around.

Depressing? I don't think so, just honest. I can honestly say that I have had the funniest, most wonderful days; the most surprising and astonishing days; the happiest and most joyful days.  I am thankful for all my days and all my experiences because they make me who I am.

I love to go to the beach, to read a good book, to hang with my friends, to take care of my family, to cook, to have days of my own and to feel good about myself.  And I get to do all of those things.  What could be better?

Growing older alongside Michael and being Jesse's mom are two of the most important things in my future.  I am happy to have them to look forward to.  Having my greatest of friends is icing on the cake. 

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks to all my friends for letting me be stupid with them :)

Have a great day and thanks for listening!