How Gray Thou Art

I've recently realized that I'm at "that age". You know, the age that seems really old to a seven year old? That age where gray hair grows in quadruples, and plucking them out no longer suffices. Loud music is no longer cool...it's just more noise. Frozen pizzas are disgusting. In fact, I believe that the me at this age finds all frozen foods disgusting. Ice cream being the exception...if you considered ice cream food, of course. Staying up past midnight these days could deem itself a dangerous proposition for an old broad like me. Nothing seems to come faster than that 6:00 a.m. alarm blaring through my room...and nothing seems harder than having to drag myself out of bed while it's laughter continues to mock my dragging feet until I am finally able turn it off. MTV seems more like garbage than it does entertainment. Ten years ago, it would have been a top choice. And this just in, folks... I've just become my mother after typing the MTV statement. ha,ha.

In a few months I'll be able to say that I'm in my thirties. No longer just thirty...in my thirties.

And I like it!

I love the sense of accomplishment that comes with feeding my family a good meal. Waking everyone up each morning to a made up "good morning" tune, after dragging my very own feet out of bed. Spending a good Friday night at the kitchen table playing cards with my husband. Being in the center of a couch "pile-up" with a good book to share out loud. Understanding the importance of good health and maintaining a healthy body and mind. Passing the junk isle on my way to the produce isle. Loving the smell of fabric softener when entering my home. Loving the sound of occasional silence. Relishing in every moment and being so very thankful for them all. Wishing that time would slow down, instead of speeding up just so that the weekend would come back around. Knowing that my mother was absolutely right about everything, my entire life.

Yeah. This age is working for me. I hope that my forties will be just as good, if not better. :0)

Relishing in His goodness...