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Thursday, February 4, 2010

On the Backside of 30 :0 Holy Moly!



That's right. This is the last night that I can consider myself to be in my early thirties.

Holy.
Moly.

Thirty.

Plus Six.

But I'm not sick about it! In fact, I would say that life is getting better as I get a little older.


Now that I'm thirty-six (well, almost), I can see rude people for who they are now....rude...and understand that truly it's not my fault. I can encounter a Royal Grouch and remind myself that, truly, behind every inconsiderate deed there is a need.

Now that I'm thirty-six, I can usually remember whenever I'm having a bad day or some personal crisis that somewhere, somebody in the world is having a REAL emergency. You know...at least I'm not searching for a kidnapped child or fighting cancer as some people are.

Now that I'm thirty-six, I can call my Dad, when I know that I've done the best I can do, and ask him for help. I'm not ashamed.

Now that I'm thirty-six, I can go to WalMart and buy the old-timey Oil of Olay. None of the fancy-schmancy-alpha-hydroxy-pro-vitamin-retinol-regerist-kind of Oil of Olay. Just Original Oil of Olay. I can wash my face and then slather it on my face and neck at bedtime. I just might smear it thickly on my arms, elbows, and hands too...merely because it smells sooo good.

In fact, it smells like my MaMa Chaffin's pillow. My cousins who are reading this post will distinctly remember the scent. How comforting! And by the way, the original Oil of Olay worked out just beautifully for MaMa Chaffin...she hardly had a wrinkle the day she died at 86 years young.

Yes, for now, thirty-six is comforting. Life is good for me now.

It's comforting to know ...

....that although I am in a new place, and I hardly know a soul....

....that even though my birthday makes me miss my Mother so much my heart literally aches inside my chest...

...that although I will likely never win American Idol or be America's Next Top Model...

...It's all going to be okay.

I'm so thankful for a fantastic family, an adoring adorable boyfriend (TT=one lucky man, TC=one wonderful woman:), a good job (in the current state of our country, this is a miracle!), some great friends back home in Alabama (you know who you are)...

The list could go on and on and on and on!

I can't fail to mention the most important Reason to be thankful...the Author and Finisher of it all, the Mighty Fountain from whom all these blessings flow, the One who gives and takes away, He who helps me accept the bitter with the sweet, the One who forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases...My Jesus, the One and Only.


Yes, I'm on the backside of thirty. And this backside (not unlike mine) of thirty is BIG.




I can't wait to see what this year has in store!




This is my Happy Birthday blog for the year!

Thanks for stopping by!

4 comments:

Bethy said...

wished I could handle it so gracefully, I'll take the wisdom but darn it would someone else please take the saggy butt and wrinkles for me?

Anonymous said...

Love it!! Life does get better when you get older... You realize what is important and worth your time and what is certainly not! Love you! Shay

Anonymous said...

Ah, to be 30 plus 6 again! Those were the days, my friend! I'm 61 now, and these days are really great too! Life is good! Happy Birthday, Theia! And congratulations on the Bling! Love you!
Doris

Anonymous said...

I'm glad I read this.......I miss my mom on MY birthday and I thought how strange I must be. At least I'm not alone. I like to think that your mom is arranging the fresh cut flowers for my mom's piano. Tons an tons of flowers every single day!

Congrats on the wedding. I know you can't wait! We got married on the 10th. Time flies.

LaRonda