Am I too old to hang in a tree?
Today is mine and my twin brother Vincent's birthday, we are 36 years old. In the past 12 years this day is a day that has really sunk down on the list of recognized dates for me. After about the age of 24 I started to forget how old I was when people asked. I don't think that's because I was old/or embarrassed by any means but I stopped counting.
Usually I would plan a party on my birthday or around then. I wouldn't call it a birthday party but I use to joke it was a way to almost force people to show up. A few of my favorite parties was the one we (Vincent and I) had at Kona, the white party, Dback game w/ party bus and the beer-day party. The beer day party was my favorite, we had all 70's canned beer and gave out coozies. These all mostly happened before we were married with kids.
Now here I am at 36 years old, last year was a relatively difficult year for me. That birthday did mark the age that for sure: my youth has left the building! As strange as the age sounded to me I didn't feel as old as it sounded and I am was for the most part content. I did a lot of reflection over the year and even though I started out confused on my feelings about my age it ended up being a great time of understanding in my life.
This year I'm pretty good with the birthday. Having finally figured out what colors looks good on me and as much as I love printed clothing (on other people) I'm a print free kind of girl. I will not buy any earrings (becuse I never wear them) except for the two pairs I already wear (one pair of hoops and the others diamond studs). After all these years I have come to realize I don't think I'll know or even understand how other people see me. Knowing that has helped me so much. Now, because of that I make an effort to tell those in my life what I appreciate about them. This way I hope they have no question on how I see them.
My twin brother is an amazing Dad and I realized last year I pretty much told everyone but him! So I called him and told him and I think I've told him several times since. I'm sure he doesn't need to hear any confirmation from me about how great he is. It just seemed to me that the one person that I should tell should be him... But if I haven't told you yet, he is a great and loving Dad!...
The questions that I have yet to answer at my age. Should I still wear pumps (after being told not to by numerous doctors)? Should I still wear shorts? Should I still climb a tree? Will I ever learn how to do my on eye makeup? Is it too late? Will I go through all of this again at 40?...