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Last month I turned the big 4-0.\u00a0 Gasp, I know!!!<\/p>\n
Yes, you are correct that my kids are only 4 and almost 2.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d like to think that this adds to my relatability.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always related well to people my age and older.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good wake up call to remind myself that I could have a child the same age as their high schooler or college aged kid. And then thank the Lord that I wasn\u2019t a young parent.\u00a0 Knowing myself, I had a lot to get in line before being ready to be a wife and mom, and God knew it.<\/p>\n
And since having kids, my group of friends consists of those 6-10 years younger.\u00a0 I actually love when I forget that I\u2019m so much older, since we are in the same life stage.\u00a0 It\u2019s the sign of a good friendship.\u00a0 I hope they forget I\u2019m a zillion years older and I\u2019m not just the \u201cold chick\u201d they hang with. LOL!<\/p>\n
While I definitely agree with the idea that wisdom comes with age, I also feel it comes with life experience.\u00a0 I laugh at myself sometimes that I\u2019ve got friends who are maybe only 1-2 years older than I am, have older teens, and seem just light years ahead of me in wisdom and life experience.\u00a0 I joke that I am old enough to be a mentor mom in my moms group at church, but I\u2019ve not had enough life experience to be qualified to lead anyone.<\/p>\n
Have you had a birthday yet that was hard to handle?\u00a0 Maybe not, and bravo!\u00a0 This one was tough for me. I think it was because I remember my parents being 40 and saying to my friends that they were \u201cso old!\u201d Oh, to be young and say things you know nothing about- I\u2019m so sorry and hereby apologize to my parents.\u00a0 And to the marketing people who started the whole Over the Hill movement for turning 40, I believe that 40 is too young to begin your descent to death.\u00a0 Right??!!<\/p>\n