(This is part of a 365 project during my 70th year. Each day I will find a gift the day brings, write about it and illustrate it.)
December 10, 2014
Today, my 70th birthday, is a reminder of when I
began, where I am now and those special points along the way. It tells nothing
of the future and where I am going. I’m glad—I don’t want to know. Birthdays
are a time to celebrate transformations; I celebrate how I have evolved and
those who have helped me on my journey. I have had mentors along the way, some even
unaware of their role, who have taught me acceptance, patience, unconditional
love, discipline and how to laugh, even when I felt like crying.
In our culture, it has been traditional for women, especially,
to look at birthday numbers as shameful. Some say that it is rude to ask a woman
her age but I have never understood this. Age is not something to be
embarrassed about. It’s just a number, a fact of life, another dot on the trip.
It is another benchmark that says we have traveled another year. Among my more
than 200 emails, cards, Facebook posts and phone calls wishing me a Happy Birthday, I
paused at this Facebook post, “Salutations upon the successful completion of
yet another circumnavigation of the Sun!” It reminded me of what my husband’s
recently deceased Aunt Zelda said a day or so before she died. “I had a good
ride.” Another mentor for me. Another attitude to make my own. I re-word it for
myself today— “I am having a good ride.”
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> DAY 2 Enjoy the Ride
Find links to other project posts here:
http://bjschupp.blogspot.com/2014/12/365-gifts.html
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