The Big 3-0

May 28, 2009 | Filed Under Just Because, Mine 

Thirty years ago today, I was born. It seems like a long time ago- not that I remember it specifically (thank goodness), but a lot has happened in that time. I’ve been given lots of wonderful opportunities, had many of life-changing experiences, have enjoyed being part of an amazing family, and have the best friends that one could ask for. I’ve been blessed beyond measure.  I have no room for complaint.

But the truth? I’ve been dreading 30 for a little while now.  The Twenties are “the time of your life”.  My Twenties:  I lived it up at college in Flagstaff Arizona with the funniest and most wonderful roommates I could have had; I spent a semester living in Jerusalem and falling in love with the Near-East; I moved to Costa Rica and worked on a Monkey Refuge on the Nicoya Peninsula while living in a scanty shack on the beach with no screens on the windows and no lock on the door, afterward living in the city and working on a Parrot farm;  I would do crazy things with my then-beau-now-husband like hop Amtrak trains to California, drive across the country in July in an unairconditioned truck, visiting Graceland and other such monumental sites, backpack Europe for 8 weeks, staying in barns and rented rooms and enjoying every minute of visiting 12 (or was it 14?) countries;  and granted, after those things, we “settled down”, went to grad school, had a baby (or rather, two), and our adventures are more calm now than they used to be.  But I was still in my Twenties.

I thought that 30 would hit me like a brick.  However, my little man helped me realize this morning that I shouldn’t dread it. He climbed into my bed and gave me a love. I said, “Hey, guess what? Today is my birthday!” He said, “Today? Cool! How old are you? I said, “30!”  He looked me over, said “Huh.  That’s funny!  You don’t look any different than you did yesterday!”  *sigh*  I don’t, do I?  There’s not a lot of difference between being 29 years and 364 days old than being 30 years old.  And so, I say to my Thirties: BRING IT ON.  May this decade be even better, more fulfilling, more exciting, and more wonderful than the last.

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