I AM A HUGE FAN OF BIRTHDAYS…PRIMARILY MINE. So last year, when I heard from many women that they had a really hard time turning 30, I was determined to embrace it and celebrate anyhow. But I soon found out that my BIG 30th Birthday was just going to be another day. This realization was kind of hard for me. The difficult part was that with this being my “monumental 30th birthday”, all the people (primarily family) that I really wanted to celebrate with were 5.5 hours away. But anywho, that was last year…and I did have a good birthday. This year, however, is a different story.
To me, turning 30 finally validated me as being an adult…even though my mother constantly says/does things to remind me that I am still her ‘child’. I am married, have a kid and now I am 30…ADULTHOOD! Life has been great. But on June 19th I realized that on the 20 I will be 9 years closer to 40! I am not doing too well with getting older gracefully. Yeah, I am meeting a personal goal of mine to be pregnant with my last child at 30 (Lord willing, this is my last child…), but I’m 31. Oh yeah, and it didn’t help that the day before, my silly mom decided to call me and remind me that it was my last day to be 30. I quickly reminded her to enjoy the last two years of her 50’s! Also, my dad calling to inform me that he had OLD children…WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? I digress…anywho
Besides my psychological turmoil, I had a WONDERFUL day. I got to “sleep in” (in quotes because my body is programed and the most I could stay in the bed was til 8am), had some personal time at the nail salon, ate lunch and saw a movie with my husband (by ourselves…no Jax!), and hung out with some GREAT friends! (Additional info about my bday gift from the hubby in another post…) All in all, it was a wonderful day.
What is the great spiritual implication that I have learned from this? Nothing really…just thought that I would update you on my fight with aging.
Hey! Im turning 31 this coming Friday and I am seriously depressed about it! This is my first birthday EVER that I am not looking forward to! 31 sucks! (at the moment) I cannot get out of this rut about my pending 31st birthday! Im usually a jolly happy go lucky person! What to do what to do??
Hi Celina! I read your comment on my “31″ blog post. If I were you, I would just embrace it. You’re gonna get older, so there is no use fighting it. You can either age gracefully or fight it every step of the way. I think the graceful approach would probably bet suit you…it just sounds more fun. So, grab a couple of friends and have a “Kissing the 20’s Goodbye” Party!