I Have an Announcement to Make!

I have lamented over aging quite a bit. If you've read any previous stories on here, I'm sure you've picked up on that!

I love, Love, LOVE birthdays and birthday celebrations; so, imagine my surprise when aging, the very thing birthdays are centered around, became an issue for me. It pained me to say that I was 27. I grieved every time I had to announce I was 28. I know, RIDICULOUS!

I was not OK with that number increasing!

I believe that the number (the age number) going up stressed me out because I didn't feel 27 and I don't feel 28. I felt younger, I felt like I was in my early 20s and I thought that is where I wanted to stay, I thought that was such a fun place to be.

Somewhere along the way, that way of thinking for me changed.

Being young at heart is extremely important. No matter what age the number says I am, I will always be young at heart.

Amen!

So, on February 17 I am turning 29 and I am celebrating and looking forward to 29! I'm excited about being able to say that I am 29.

And you know what? The thought of turning 30 doesn't even freak me out! I'm looking forward to 30, too!

Maybe someday, I'll figure out what finally got me to this place. This place where I embraced "aging." In the mean time, I'm just going to enjoy it!

"Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For its hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart"

"You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your life or on its way"

Do you know that it's worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
For as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart"

"And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart"
-F.S.