Angela’s Events

My birthday is today. I actually had forgotten about it until my husband gave me a kiss and wished me a happy birthday. I don’t mind birthdays. What I mind is the getting older part. I know that sounds a bit contradictory. But, to be honest, I enjoy the extra attention that my husband, kids and close friends give me. It does make me feel special and loved. What I don’t like is getting older and more importantly LOOKING older. I feel like I should be in my mid twenties. But I am way past that. I don’t like the sagging skin around my mouth, the fine lines around my eyes and the deep lines on my forehead. I know I have earned all of those wrinkly traits! I mean everything my kids put me through (emotionally, physically, and mentally), the off and on financial stress of life, the hurts and pains that happen with just living….and me liking the sun has not helped my skin at all!

I do like the maturity that I have developed over the years. Not that I know all or can fix every problem. But looking back at some of the cards that I have been dealt in life, even though I may not have come through those problems with flying colors, those problems have made me who I am today. I am stronger, more understanding on some things and less on others. I have learned to not let certain things bother me (well…that part is still in the learning process!), and learned to let go of the past.

I am happier now than I was when I was in my twenties. I felt like everyday was a challenge for me and that I had to trudge through all of the mud to get to the next day. Today, I wake up with adventures and, unfortunately, the days fly by, even on the worst days. I feel like being in my thirties I am in my groove. I have found who I am. I know how to be a mom, a wife and a friend. It is not a struggle like it was years ago.

So….even though the aging process can be an unwelcome event, it can also have some really good outcomes. And hey…there is always Botox!