Saturday, January 27, 2018

The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.

Madeleine L’Engle

The truth is that there are some ages I could do without. It’s been a rocky road.

My twenties were brutal; but joy-filled too with the births of my children, so there’s that.

My life was ripped apart and chaotic in my thirties; but I stood strong and made important decisions, with great pain came positive change.

Life got good around forty.

It got great around fifty.

Today, I mark my fifty-ninth birthday and the view from here is pretty sweet. Not perfect, not necessarily what I expected, but sweet nonetheless.

I’ll spend the day in simple happy gratitude.

And snow.

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I’m a writer, reader, and creative. I thought by now I’d have things figured out, but I keep coming up with more questions. I think that’s okay. I’m here most mornings pondering ordinary things and the thin places where faith intersects.
10 comments
  1. Wishing you many Birthday blessings, Linda!

    1. Thank you, Kathy.

  2. A bloom from a bulb, a butterfly from a chrysalis . . . whatever your metaphor, birthday blessings to you, Linda, and good wishes for many more!

    1. Thank you, Marian.

  3. Have a Happy, Happy day, Linda!!

    1. Thank you, Joan.

  4. I have numerous portions of my life that were horrendous. However, here I am – 60 – and in a “place” I love. I don’t love it all (!) and I’m working on those parts. I enjoy the wonder parts – family, grandchildren, true friends.

    1. We both survived to thrive, Karen. Aren’t we blessed?!

  5. Happy birthday Linda …I truly hope your next decade( which is miles away ?) is as sweet .
    Cherryx

    1. Thanks so much, Cherry.

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