living life to the fullest

i'm made aware more often these days that with ageing

comes immediate expectations ......or a lack of perhaps.

it seems that it starts with the number 50.

it was like overnight i heard more "well that's because we're 50 now"

or such comments about why we feel certain ways (physically)

or why we can't/shouldn't do things anymore etc.

i never heard this from my husband when he turned 50....

and i don't embrace those comments/feelings myself....i don't think that way.

i've always been a doer......strong....and independent

while raising a family of five.

i never hesitated to move the piano across the room while everyone was at school/work or to paint or wallpaper a room by the time bryan got home.

i have driven many looooong trips alone or with the girls,

spent months in one city with the girls while bryan was in another working

and kept up with everyone's schedule and activities (they do tell me now that i was a little more stressed than i ever thought i was)....:-)

but point is......i am me....i do what i do

so when i stay out til 2 in the morning dancing with my girls....

or walk the 3-Day, or plan a trip hours away, scream for adam, jump off

a cliff with my clothes on (or off)......that is who i am.....20, 30, 40 or 56.

i am so thankful that my husband, daughters/sons-in-law and i'm sure my

grandbabies all just take it pretty much for exactly that....after all.... they know me.

now, i'm not saying that i can still do everything i did when i was younger and as easily....but i know people who are older than i am who still can do what i can't.....but then that has been true at any age !

i think it's what you are used to, what you have done your whole life barring disease and illness....and attitude.

so.....no surprises or less expectations....

no excuses here.....

i'm just gonna keep bein me.