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RE: Difficult birthdays - 9/9/2008 4:20:44 PM
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John_O
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The only wrinkles I have so far are laugh lines around my mouth and eyes... I've thought about 'dealing with them', but I figure, I earned 'em 
I'm about the same. As long as I'm not tired I think I look quite a bit younger than I am. (Someone look at the GT pictures and tell me how old I am). And since I act a little younger anyways people think I'm younger.
I was 5 yrs older than M and people always thought she was robbing the cradle.
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RE: Difficult birthdays - 9/10/2008 12:09:23 AM
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shemaromans
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The thing I appreciate about the _0 birthdays is that it seems like you're starting a new "decade" of life. It implies a new start, if one were to want one. And since the second digit is smaller than the second digits towards the end of the precious "decade," you can convince yourself that you're younger. 
I'll be 39 next year, and that feels old. However, 40 seems younger than 39. I'm looking forward to 40.
Does that make sense? I'm mildly sleep-deprived.
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RE: Difficult birthdays - 9/28/2008 11:44:24 PM
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So, I turned the big 4-0. Wow, I'm more than halfway through life, lol.
The age thing...I haven't quite got a handle on how I feel yet. It certainly isn't as easy as saying it's only a number or life begins at 40, etc. I have seen a lot of friends die of cancer before reaching 40. More than I care to count. My brother died before he turned 40. Lifer really is short, and God's wisdom told us to number our days.
I had such a great celebration (I can tell since I'm gained the 6 lbs I lost while studying, lol). The spa getaway was amazing....my kid and I played like little kids. She kept saying I'm the coolest mom. We did a few easy hikes, went horseback riding, ate out every day, I used the spa (wow, that was amazing), then went on a day hike with an outdoor club who took us through some pretty mean bush walking. Then we reached a hill that was completely treeless and we all played like little kids, going up and down this 200 foot hill that's like shifting sand. Going down was pretty scary, but I did it three times....and didn't break anything. IT was so, so much fun.
Now I'm back...and contemplating the age thing. It feels like I'm getting a second chance at doing life...leaving a lot of stuff behind, and just moving forward. I seem to be closer to God this time....not like in my early years, when I felt invincible and had barely any need for God. Maybe the wrinkles, have some humbling effect on me, lol.
I had a chance reading the book of James, the wisdom book (using Gideon bible...I thought they banned that in hotel rooms in Canada). It was very different reading it this time around. I felt like God was just carrying me and gently rebuking me about my ways of doing life. Maybe God only hands wisdom to people who turn 40, lol.
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RE: Difficult birthdays - 9/29/2008 5:09:11 AM
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losgan
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I think the period leading up to my 30th birthday was tougher than the day itself, and the aftermath.
Though I was noticing in the mirror last night that the skin around my eyes is a little more prone to tiredness at night.
I was nervous about the person I like being younger than me for a while, but after I got to know him better found out I'm only a few months ahead! He's a little shaken up about the next one too.
PH - you're only more than halfway through if you don't live to be over 80!
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RE: Difficult birthdays - 9/30/2008 3:49:11 AM
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Want to talk about difficult birthdays? I'd say 26 because my mom died a week before, and that happend just two and a half months ago. 25 was okay, though I was disappointed with the fact I wasn't supporting myself, married, and didn't lose the weight I wanted to lose. Then I thought that 25 was when I'll FINALLY work towards those things, then everything went downhill. Here I am in the same place I was last year only with low hopes and no mother.
I'm not really angry or depressed. I'm more anxious than anything else. I've never even been out on a date, and everyone else around me within five years of my age already had serious relationship or have families. I guess I feel really lonely too. Its not like I didn't have opportunities, they just don't seem to pan out. I've even been in love and never got to confess my feelings before I found out he had married someone else since the last time we saw each other. Either he had a girlfriend he never mentioned, or the whole thing happened during the year and a half we hadn't seen each other (its been a year since I found out and I still haven't met him in person yet).
I'm not dreading 30, as in 'I'm getting old,' more like 'WHAT HAVE I DONE WITH MY YOUNG LIFE!!!'
~Lily~
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RE: Difficult birthdays - 9/30/2008 4:22:07 PM
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Lily, I debated letting this go, but I have come back to it three times now, so I will respond.
2 years ago I 'decided' I had lived a lot of years without a whole lot to show for it, and was now without grandparents or a father to boot. It was a crummy time, and I felt that way for quite a while.
Last week, I told my sister that should I die soon, I am cool with it, as I have lived a good life.
What has happened in that time span? Not a lot. I left a ministry, and now have a minimum wage job cleaning rooms. I no longer live on my own, and I have debts to take care of.
What has changed is the realization that even though life hasn't gone how "I" wanted it to, I have had opportunities to do things that, in the long run, were worth it anyway. I simply realized that what I had done with my life, in God's hands, was sooooooooooo much better than it would have been in my own hands, even if the world sees it differently.
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RE: Difficult birthdays - 10/1/2008 11:48:47 AM
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What has changed is the realization that even though life hasn't gone how "I" wanted it to, I have had opportunities to do things that, in the long run, were worth it anyway. I simply realized that what I had done with my life, in God's hands, was sooooooooooo much better than it would have been in my own hands, even if the world sees it differently.
great testimony, thanks for sharing ...
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We thought it was perfect because I was fairly immature and looked young for my age and he was more mature and looke older. 
"There are no accidents in the life of faith. In its music, the accidentals perfect the harmony." 
It's because I arch my right eyebrow a lot that it caused a small wrinkle on my left eyebrow. Very sad. I'm in mourning over it. 
