Forty is Going To Be Fabulous!

Well...it is here!  I am officially 40!  I'm not crying...I'm not depressed...I am not dead!  So many things to be grateful for:

Happy Healthy kids - 3 of them
Happy Healthy marriage - 17 years and counting
Happy Healthy hubby - the best of the best

The rest...all of it...the weight, the anger, the self pity...I can deal with, I can get through it all because tomorrow is a new beginning.  We have no guarantees in life so I shouldn't spend the time I have feeling sorry for myself and only concentrating on the negative things.  It's just so much easier sometimes to think about how bad things are instead of how good they really are.  Most people would trade everything they have to have just one of the things I listed above and I have all three!

Today a colleague of mine reminded me that 4 years ago, when I was in a coma (yep, now you can say you know someone who was in a coma, and lived to tell about it) it was a very grave situation.  I needed to be reminded of that.  I need to remember all of that if for no other reason to appreciate where I am, what I have and to be so grateful that I am here to celebrate my 40th!!  Besides, I hear the best is yet to come!

Monday I began attempting to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days...so writing here might not happen too much.  The thing is, I know I can do it.  And I know it's time to tell my story...mark my words, one day you will see 'Treading Water' in hard back...I said it here first!

Happy Birthday to me!  Here's to the next 40 years!

love and hugs!
k