A friend of mine recently turned 30 and for her it was a big deal, especially when she remarked that she was getting old! I informed her that being 30 is still young… wait until you reach your 40’s and things start going wrong with your body and start failing, that’s getting old lol. She didn’t even want a birthday party to celebrate the milestone, which I thought was crazy!

When I turned 40, I invited a few close friends and my family to dinner at a hotel and we all had a ton of fun and full on laughter. You also have to love the fact that someone else is doing the preparations, the cooking of the meals and the clean up afterwards and you get to bask in the glow of being the guest of honour at your own birthday celebrations.

For me, age is just a number. I didn’t get stressed out at getting older when I turned 30 and it didn’t phase me when I turned 40. As I get closer to turning 50, I might just run away and go on a cruise! Lol…

One of my favourite quotes which I read on a birthday card many years ago and it has stuck with me is, “Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional” and they are words I live by as I’m always cracking jokes and being a big kid!

Embrace life, embrace your age, celebrate the grey hair, the wrinkles, the age spots, the gravity defying body as things begin to sag, live life to the full and be happy in your body.

Another bonus about getting older is that you’ve seen and lived through a lot of history, seen changes in the world with technology, music, fads and fashions come and go, only to come back again a few years or a couple of decades later and in a mixed age group on a trivia night, you will find out how much cool stuff you know to impress those around you and may your team win that trivia night because of all the knowledge inside your head.

This year I will be celebrating turning 50 and for me, it’s still no big deal. I haven’t even experienced having a mid life crisis yet and I know people who have just over the thought that they are getting older and they are trying to recapture their youth. It’s their way of dealing with getting older but for me, I know getting older is a fact of life but I’m still a big kid at heart. My biggest thought about turning 50 is, where to go and celebrate!

Live long and live happy…

Until next time

Kaye