Five Minute Friday: My Exact Age

Yay! It's Five Minute Friday.

One of my favorite times of the week in this little bloggy world.

I love joining up with the other 5 minutes word mavericks each week and seeing how they share their lives through just a ONE word prompt....without a lot of fuss, fanfare, and editing!

So after you check out my prompt, won't you hop on over to Lisa Jo's place and check out the other posts?

AND......

Give LISA-JO some HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE as she celebrates another year of life and love!!
Why?
Cause she is such a FAB, AWESOME woman, host, momma, wife, leader, and writer!!

This week's prompt: OLDER

GO.

I am not one of those people who wants to get older.

But then again, if you have major estrogen running through your veins, who does right?

I took a Real Age test last week, and I came out to my "exact age."

And two weeks ago, I let the guy at the fair guess my age for a stuffed animal because I was "SURE" that I could stump him.

He, too, guessed

MY.
EXACT.
AGE.

And, well, I am going to be honest....my ego took a beating.

I know, I know...it's better than being guessed older, right?

But I don't know...my WHOLE life, people always thought I was younger than what I was.

And as a teenager, I HATED it!

BUT...

as a "grown-up"

I have learned to

appreciate
love
and even
cherish it.

But now due to stressors and physical issues, my body is betraying me.

So what do I do?

I stop for a minute.

In the middle of my lamenting.

I pause.

I ponder.

I think.

My heart.
My mind.
My love.
My grace.
My point of view.

yeah....

That's older too....and maybe....just maybe.....

That makes it worth it.

:)

But that doesn't mean I won't be using that new night cream I heard about the other day.....

;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

STOP.