“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
Madeleine L’Engle US writer
Horoscope: “Being a Virgo born on September 6th, you may be most well known for your will power. In the face of any challenge, you have the discipline and perseverance to be successful. Even in chaotic situations, you have the ability to bring order with great organization skills. As you are a very social person, you have developed the ability to lead others tactfully and effectively. Your friends, family and coworkers see you as a natural leader”. ……Oh really!?……,
Yes its that time again – my birthday. I am 51yrs, 1hour and 3mins (well thats if I was born at the beginning of the day – I don’t know this piece of birthing information, having no older family members left to ask). But as I try to find an exciting thing to say about the number 51, I find I am just content to say I am glad to be here!! Not because I have suffered ill health or any major struggles, no I have been blessed and I am just grateful for my lot. However as I get older I am more sensitive to ageing, which includes ailments and struggles of those around me. I read a article this week which said we were the “sandwich generation” who are caring for both grand babies (and big kids) and elderly parents. This is reflected in my friendship group that’s for sure, as I watch with respect my friends supporting young and old in their family. We moan that the big kids just don’t leave home anymore (well not quick enough) and elderly parents demand more attention, which is hard to give holding down full time jobs. Yes ‘Family Life’ at its best and worse.
With my parents past away and having only 1 son in residence (currently), I find my mind wandering back to memories of my parents and their lives. I can’t help wondering what struggles they faced. My mum died in her early 50s so would have experienced some of these life experiences. I have thought how good it would be to have her back just for one night of girly chat, with a few of my aunties (also long gone – she was one of 9 kids) and a few of my girlfriends. we could talk about EVERYTHING, sharing the pains, giggles and hopefully wise guidance.
In this supernatural dream we would get some perspective on our current issues. My mum would say “Love, there’s nothing you can do about (whatever) and its best you just get on with it. As in the end it sorts its self out anyway”. I can’t be sure those would be her words, I really can’t remember her voice that clearly anymore, which is sad, but I think that those that went before us, survived similar and it made them who they were and it will do the same for us. I do hold on to the fact that no matter what any of us worry about today, it will be a distant memory replaced with something very different in the coming weeks, months and hopefully years!
That’s life and whether 51 is a boring number or not it’s at the start of a decade, so who knows what is ahead. I recently heard someone say you should “Allow yourself the possibility of something greater” which I think gives hope for the future so I am going to use it as my 51yr ‘mission statement’, which could have been just how my mum thought, you never know……
wherethehellisgillian 