35 and Feeling Fine

Generally speaking I let my birthdays come and go without much hooprah. This year I am actually feeling great about this day. I'm 35! I'm alive and kicking! My life is great! I am surrounded by a beautiful family. My love for my husband and our marriage continues to grow and flourish.(he sent me the most inspiring and love filled email this morning...I love when he shares the words from his heart!)I have 3 beautiful boys who entertain me and love me unconditionally. I have a wonderful family that I love dearly. I have amazing friends who teach me new things, make me laugh, cry with me and are there for me when I need them.
I watched on Oprah the other day a clip from a movie that Jennifer Aniston had co-directed. Well I was a blubbering fool. The husband was sitting beside his wife who was on her death bed. I can't remember exactly what he said (okay I know I ruined this Hallmark moment by my crappy memory!)but when asked what the secret was to being married for 45 years he said..."there isn't one". Many people expect the fact that there's a magic pill or button to a successful marriage and when times are hard they don't want to put the work in. Marriage isn't a fairytale, but it's well worth the effort.
I can't wait to see the film. It was inspired by a nurse who wrote in to Glamour magazine saying this moment was life changing for her. Indeed it is.
Anyhow so I am embracing my age. I am embracing the fact that I have a zest for life. I am beautiful, regardless of some external flab that may look a little less than wonderful. But it is who I am. I look forward in being that women alongside my husband til the very end. I embrace the fact that I am a women who is leading the life I want to be living. I have the right to vote. I have the power to change my future. I have choices and the final decision with everything. I grew up as a young girl knowing that I could do anything I wanted to do. I never questioned whether my dreams or aspirations were attainable or not. I could be whatever I wanted to, no questions asked. I have a whole life ahead of me that is only filled with opportunity. My life is my own.
35 is good...not only good, but Amazing!
With all that being said and done, please visit here. We as women should be outraged. Take a moment to embrace your feminism and think of what feminism has done for each of us. Not only do we have the power to change our future, we are our future. Specifically visit Trudi's site. We are women please let us roar!
Now in honour of my day I'm going to have my favourite breakfast ever...oatmeal with raisins and brown sugar, with an extra little spoonful of brown sugar to treat myself!
Have a wonderful day!
Jenny