It’s a perfect day to celebrate life!
Is it possible that at any age we have arrived at a place where we have it figured out?
I can’t seem to get myself to write the numbers here, in black and white, that reveal my new age today. When I think of those numbers I shake my head…I can’t believe it…I’m beyond middle age…When I was young I looked at ladies like me and thought that they were really old!
And yet, I will say that I love where I am in life.
There isn’t a day or a year where I wish to return.
Each year has offered more…has taken me to a better life…this life.
I’m not even sure that there was a time in my life where I felt better than I do today {or if I did, I just didn’t know how much I should appreciate it}.
There are aspects of those early years that I miss…I miss the perky, thinner version of me {that just had to come first}…I miss holding my babies…I miss the places where we lived that gave us friends that we no longer get to see…I miss my grandparents…
I love that everything in my previous 47 years brought me right to where I am today {there! that was a gently way of saying it}!
The current picture of me that you see above was included in a post that Amber wrote yesterday {great post, btw…check it out}. My first response was that of shock that she would post a picture of me like that….no make-up…hair not done…etc. This was a work day. We were getting ready for the workshop the next day. In fact, she was suppose to be taking shots of the bucket of milk that I was holding. I believe my instructions were, ‘not my face!”
I love the little lessons that life sends our way in the form of surprises.
One thing that I have learned in my life is that I want to be real…in every possible way!
Seeing that photo reminded me of that. That picture is raw, real, natural…all of the things that I want to be each day.
No cover-up!
I had to put the two photos side-by-side because there is simply no mistaking that they are the same girl. I love that little girl ~ she knew how to love life… and I also love the person she has become. {wow! those are hard words to say…it feels bold…but the tears streaming down my face right now makes it feel less so…}
photo by: Tres Birds Photography
I will still always prefer the pictures of myself where my my chin looks like one single chin and my make-up and hair are nicely done…where the lines around my eyes are softened…
And this will be just another wonderful day to celebrate life!
photo by: Tres Birds Photography
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.
-Madeleine L’Engle
I would love to send one of you a gift!
A bar of my hand-made soap…made from fresh goat milk! …and a CELEBRATE charm…{like the one I’m wearing in the picture above…it is personally, my favorite charm}
Leave a comment, answering this question…What is your favorite part of your life? What brings a smile to your face on a regular basis? What makes you celebrate life?