I’m truly blessed.
I’m turning 50. There, I said it.
Fifty. That round nasty number. And guess what?
It’s really not that bad.
What’s made it less painful? A life of faith, family and friends.
When I reflect on this milestone, I think about Jane Austen (I know I obsess on Jane Austen — but hear me out — and have some respect for your elders).
Back in her day, women frequently died in childbirth; or from the flu; or from any old infection since their form of antibiotics was more along the line of blood-sucking leeches.
In fact, poor Emily Bronte’s life was snuffed out early due to common unsanitary conditions. She simply drank a glass of contaminated water (the source being a runoff from the church’s graveyard) while attending her own brother’s funeral in 1848. She rejected ‘medical treatment” saying she’d have “no poisoning doctor” near her. (Actually, I’ve felt the same way at times).
Anyway, where am I going with this?
What does this have to do with turning 50?
Simply…I’m grateful.
I’m grateful to be alive.
I’m right behind you on that blasted age-scale-thing, and I’m grateful to be here, too. Modern women are truly blessed. Good post.
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Thank you Shantal! The blessing of having a healthy child should have been added to my gratitude list. Enjoy the day!
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Congratulations on your birthday! The cake is so beautiful! I too am grateful to be alive. I’m reading Brontë biographies and I am stunned by how so much genius came from so little means and from such young lives. Great post!
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