Let the River Run...

On the eve of my sixtieth(!) birthday please allow me a moment to share some hard learned life lessons as well as some very ugly truths.  Words of wisdom coming from someone who has her head in the clouds and routinely loses her cell, keys, etc., so take it with a grain of salt.  The pink Himalayan kind!

*Regrets and worry are a waste of time and energy.  Change things if you can and accept if you can't.

*Don't give a rat's ass what others think of you.  Friends and family know your truths.

*Accept that you will never have your 30 year old body. Or your 40 or 50 year old one either.

*Travel is great but books provide just as equal of an escape.

*Coffee after 2:00 p.m. is never a good idea.  Neither is that 4th. glass of wine.

*High quality sheets are a necessary luxury.

*Just because you can still do a cartwheel, doesn't mean you should...

*Black and white is for Oreos.  Gray is an easier shade of life to live within.

*Expect grief and face the fact that your heart will be permanently scarred.

*Know that I  will never stand a chance against good chocolate or a good nap. Resistance is futile.

*Everything happens for a reason-even if we don't always get to know why.
*Come to terms with the fact that I will never skate in a roller derby or do a perfect chin-up.
*Family and friends are really all that matters.

That's all I've got.  That's it.  For the mess that life can be, it's ours to live and love.  I quote my girl Carly Simon in saying, "These are the good old days."
 60 years of them to be exact.   XOXO