FORTY-ONE AND FABULOUS!!

Being a 40 something can be a quirky sort of age. You've not yet graduated into the class of senior citizen but then you definitely aren't that cute, little, perky 20 something anymore either. It kind of reminds me of those awkward, pre-teen years. You remember don't you? You are too old to play with and act like the "little" kids but then you are too young to be a cool enough to hang with the teenagers.

As I've rolled into my 40's, I've noticed how life has begun to take on a different perspective for me. In my 20's and 30's I was always dreaming and planning about tomorrow and what the future held for me. However, in my upper 30's, all that began to change and now I find myself reflecting and pondering more than anything else. Asking myself questions like, "what I have accomplished thus far on my journey through life?" "Have I spent enough time with my kids, have I done a good job in raising them?" "What could I have done differently whether it be in my finances, saving for kids college, in my marriage, etc... The list goes on & on and I think you get the point.

I realize how easy it would be for me to get stuck in the river of regrets if I sat and pondered all of my shortcomings long enough. In all reality, I've had to pick myself up and remind myself that I am only half way through my journey here on this earth and there is a whole lot of living yet to be done. My 15 year old daughter has a quote on her myspace that says, "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." I've thought a lot about that quote and have decided that as I go through my forties, I am going to adopt it as my motto so that I soar through these precious years rather than gravel through them. Forties will be fabulous!!!