In March I turned 43, and I stood in the mirror and analyzed the aging my body has gone through from the previous year. Maybe it was the changes I went through the past year (people, places and things) maybe it was the stress I endured, but as I stood poised in the mirror, I was instantly drawn to that new line across my forehead, and the thinning hair on the side of my head and I wanted to weep like there was no tomorrow! Lines are one thing, but thinning hair? Whew! How about thinning gray hair?

I know, I know, I should be happy I made it another year and truly I am as I think about all of the loss that has been bestowed upon us. I am grateful to take another breath, grateful to see the sun, grateful to hear the beautiful music. Grateful for family and friends. I just don't like wrinkles! This growing old is for the birds. Really it is!


Well I don't want to sit here and make unreasonable resolutions because I'm getting older and I better make myself better for the upcoming years. Nope not this time, I'm quite comfortable in the skin that I'm in. I won't stress myself out if I don't make it to the gym two days in a row. I won't stress if I decide to eat a slice of cake with EXTRA frosting! This time around I just want to reflect on my upcoming years and how they will be filled with peace and contentment. Well that and sleep! I find that as I get older, sleep is paramount! There's nothing like a good night's sleep or even a good nap. It seems to make me a nicer person, and let's face it, we'd all like to encounter nice people in our passing.

If I can only figure out how to make the hair dye stick a little longer than two weeks. That would make me extremely happy! Ok so there are some things that I cannot give up, hair dye is one of them. I'm a little apprehensive about purchasing wrinkle creams because one day I may not have the money to continue purchasing them, and would I then experience a reverse effect? No longer the fountain of youth but the Picture of Dorian Gray? I think not! I'll just leave the canvass and paints at the store and watch the lines continue to form.

Yeah I'm getting older, getting grayer, losing my hair, but I'm here to stay!