I am again at another crossroad. My body is steadily turning into my Mothers body, which means I no longer have the bladder of a camel, instead I now have to get up in the middle of the night or else I will wet the bed. Long gone is the flat stomach of my younger 20-ish days, only to be replaced by this "pouch" across my mid section accented by stretch marks. My complexion is now showing signs of wear & tear, like when I try to put on eye liner and only see that the color of the liner is enhancing the beautiful dark circles and bags under my eyes. Not to mention the fact that I am outside alot of my day and I now have permanent frown creases between my eye brows from me squinting thanks to the sun. I won't go any further with all the various aches & pains I have now grown accustomed to, but my shoulder will let me know when there will be a change in the weather.
Here's the thing that perplexes me though...Even though I have a body of a 43 yr old, I have the mind set of a child most of the time. I play with my kids outside (ALOT), I am the champ of Marco-Polo, I help run a u-14 boys soccer team, so why in the world am I turning into my Mom? I mean, when I was a kid, she was OLD... She was like 50 something! ;)
Growing older (man I have a hard time even typing "that" word), means I am going to end up with an AARP card, eating dinner @ 3:30 p.m., getting all kinds of "senior" discounts. I don't want to learn how to knit, I shudder when I find myself saying "when I was a kid...." and the thought of wearing a sweater during the summer time just makes me cringe! UGH!!! I truly wish our body would match our mind set, because then I'd be 24 forever!
I'd love to type more, but I have to go...No really, I gotta go!!! I hate it when I sneeze....Darn bladder anyways...
Have a great day everyone!
Kathi
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