Momma's Birthday

So today is my birthday, I am 35 years old. Most people think that once you're out of your 20s you don't care about your birthday as much and it becomes just another day: especially when you have children. I look at birthdays and aging a little bit differently (just within the last year or two).  

I feel like (while it's very sad to say) it's a fact that a lot of people pass away young and they don't have the opportunity to age.  They don't have the opportunity get wrinkles, or have their hair lighten with age.  

While I may change my mind as I do get older and start to see these things happen, I feel like getting older and having it show is kind of a badge of honor. It shows that I have survived a lot of things and I'm still up and kicking.  I could imagine being proud of my laugh lines because they show that I had a lot to laugh about.  It's kind of like the scars I have from my C-sections; they show something that was very important in my life.

Please, be proud to get older; not everyone gets to.  

I love that I get to celebrate another 365 days around the sun with my family, and it doesn't hurt that there's usually cake and presents involved.  :)