The Beauty of Aging

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Added: Sat. Mar 29, 2008 8:21pm
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This is my first "baby boomer" post on Growing Bolder.

 

When I look in the mirror, I see a different face with a few more wrinkles and one that looks more and more like my mother's.  I see a body that could use a makeover and some much needed relief from menopause.  But I also see a woman who has been abundantly blessed!  I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.  So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

 

As I get older, I find it easier to be positive or to simply say, "I don't give a damn!"  I care care less about what other people think because I have confidence in my own opinions. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

 

That’s the beauty of aging.  I appreciate getting older and wiser. It has set me free.  I like the person I have become. 

 

I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here I will not waste time lamenting on the would’ve, could’ve, should’ve of my life.  After all, I'm still hot---it just comes in flashes now!

 

I look forward us getting to know each other.