40 Is the Age I Finally Arrive
I’m turning forty in a few short months. Forty. In my younger years, I assumed 40 would be the age…
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I’m turning forty in a few short months. Forty. In my younger years, I assumed 40 would be the age…
Continue ReadingI'm about to turn 40, and it isn't as traumatic as I always envisioned it to be. Aside from disturbed…
Continue ReadingI met my future self for coffee. I pulled in next to her, opening my door carefully so as not…
Continue ReadingWell, it’s almost here—the moment I’ve been dreading for at least a decade—The BIG SIX-OH. How did this happen? I…
Continue ReadingMy 20-year high school reunion is coming up, but I don’t know if I will go. High school wasn’t the…
Continue ReadingFacing 40 birthday candles? Let me tell you why your future is even brighter than those birthday cake flames, but…
Continue ReadingGrowing up, my grandparents hosted birthday parties that involved all of my dad’s aunts and uncles gathering around the kitchen…
Continue ReadingTo the “little old lady” working at the clothing store: Thank you for graciously allowing me to browse the store…
Continue ReadingDear younger me, Good news is you’re still going to be kicking it at 49, which should shock you considering…
Continue ReadingI remember etching our family plans into a napkin at our two-year anniversary dinner. We were eating at Rio in…
Continue ReadingThe other night I stood staring at my face. My forehead suddenly jumped out at me (I suppose it can…
Continue ReadingDear Younger Self: I wish I knew these things when I was your age. Remember when you thought 40 was…
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