Happy birthday!
I’m glad you made it. Some people didn’t.
Food is not love, or at least that is what I tell myself; at any rate, I send (virtually) all of your favorite cake.
I hope you have a wonderful year!
Well this seems like a good time for a milestone birthday...
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Work is love made visible. -Kahlil Gibran
A person with a "why" can endure any "how". -Viktor Frankl
Which is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? -Skyrim
A person with a "why" can endure any "how". -Viktor Frankl
Which is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort? -Skyrim
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brownblob
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Re: Well this seems like a good time for a milestone birthda
Happy Birthday
We are living in a strange time. As they say, turning 50 beats the alternative.
I turned fifty last year. To me, I find comfort in getting older. When I was younger, having a birthday would remind me of another year wasted and make me feel disappointed in my life. Now, I have kind of accepted that I am on the back half of life and that I am what I am. I have survived. I no longer feel the same pressure to be more. It is enough to survive and do my best. Don't get me wrong, I still have my days of self hate, but there is a realization that I am no longer climbing the mountain. I am just trying to navigate going back down without falling.
We are living in a strange time. As they say, turning 50 beats the alternative.
I turned fifty last year. To me, I find comfort in getting older. When I was younger, having a birthday would remind me of another year wasted and make me feel disappointed in my life. Now, I have kind of accepted that I am on the back half of life and that I am what I am. I have survived. I no longer feel the same pressure to be more. It is enough to survive and do my best. Don't get me wrong, I still have my days of self hate, but there is a realization that I am no longer climbing the mountain. I am just trying to navigate going back down without falling.
I don't like people much and they don't much like me. -A Beautiful Mind
I'm Homesick for a home I never had.--Soul Asylum "Homesick"
I'm Homesick for a home I never had.--Soul Asylum "Homesick"
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Heatherwantspeace
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Hi Maeve,
Yup, nothing feels the same right now. Going to the grocery store didn't used to take up my whole brain but now it does. Fortunately, you have a whole year of being 50 so you can pick a date later in the year to do some lovely self care and celebrate making it!
I second brownblob's experience that turning 50 let me drop a whole bunch of expectations (that maybe I shouldn't have been carrying in the first place).
(If you haven't seen it, I suggest looking up "last fuckable day" on youtube. It said so much to me about how I didn't have to care about living up to someone's idea of worth).
Happy Birthday! I'm sending along some berries and ice cream to go with Oak's cake. Even though this is a smaller celebration, it counts!
Heather
Yup, nothing feels the same right now. Going to the grocery store didn't used to take up my whole brain but now it does. Fortunately, you have a whole year of being 50 so you can pick a date later in the year to do some lovely self care and celebrate making it!
I second brownblob's experience that turning 50 let me drop a whole bunch of expectations (that maybe I shouldn't have been carrying in the first place).
(If you haven't seen it, I suggest looking up "last fuckable day" on youtube. It said so much to me about how I didn't have to care about living up to someone's idea of worth).
Happy Birthday! I'm sending along some berries and ice cream to go with Oak's cake. Even though this is a smaller celebration, it counts!
Heather