Well I am about 3 weeks away from turning the big 39. I received an envelope in the mail today that says in big letters on the outside “FOR YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.” I was kind of excited. Imagine my surprise when inside it was an offer for free wrinkle cream; seriously? This is the second year in a row, and I have to tell you I feel like writing a little note back. Do they really think I’m going to order anything now?
For the most part, I don’t feel old. Minus the issues I have with my shoulders and recently my knee, I feel pretty good. To be honest I have had moments, like after a class here and there, where I have wondered my own sanity as I hear my body cracking and creaking, but I keep coming back for more. I still enjoy acting like a kid now and then, and enjoy doing things just because it looks like fun. Seeing me flying down the slip and slide trying to slow down before the compost pile may not be a pretty sight, but it’s a good laugh.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not saying bring on the wrinkles. However, I like to think that the laugh lines I have are because I have laughed in my life and that the sun spots are because I have spent hours outside enjoying God’s creation. As far as the sore joints and muscles, well maybe it’s because I’ve used them too. I would rather feel like I have lived and laughed in my life than sit on a couch covered in anti-wrinkle cream preserving myself.
Alana Regier
