It’s a day. Just another day in all ways except one.
I’m 70 today. How the F did that happen?
I feel 40. I haven’t embraced the word “elderly” or “senior” or “Golden oldie.” ( I like the discounts though.)
Instead I want to do the same things I did when I was in college … anything outdoors, travel, informality.
I’ve embraced new things like the computer (Maybe that doesn’t count. I went digital in 1995.)
I saw Arcade Fire a couple of years ago when I won free tickets from NPR. Loved that show.
I’m wide open to new experiences and new foods. Adventurous even.
Sure my balance isn’t great. Got to work on that
I did core exercises this morning. I quit at the half-way mark They were hard, but it’s a win in my mind.
I suppose after 70 years I have earned the right to share life lessons. Here they are:
Never has it been more important to live in the present.
Corollary: The past is past. Influence the future by being smart about the present.
Do what you can to stay healthy.
Smile and laugh a lot.
Stay positive. Look at the bright side.
AND ABOVE ALL, ignore the lifespan table.
Anyone out there have favorite life maxims to live by?
A Mile at a Time 
Happy birthday. Hope it was a great one.
Your smile is the best. I cherish you and am
So
Glad you are my friend.
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Fabulous photo Laura. Joie de vivre!
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Happy Birthday! So glad we’re friends! Thanks for sharing your birthday with us. And here’s mine: Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff.
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Hi Lynne. That is a great maxim. Truly one to live by. Also it was truly a lovely birthday. Took the sting out of the raw numbers.
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Happy birthday !!! If you still feel 40 then everything is OK 🙂 you can forget the other number. So Happy 40 !!!
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Thank you. Good idea. It’s just a number right?
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You both look great, have a lovely birthday…
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How nice of you. Looking at my mom, I see myself in 24 years. I am actually a 24-years younger clone. Thanks so much for checking in
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Sure, have a nice time…
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Happy Birthday! Each journey is our own and should be respected as such. It’s the marketer and advertisers that want to put us in little boxes for profit. Also, the old Hollywood tropes of age and aging don’t help. I’ve never looked at someone and thought they were too old or too young to be a good friend or an interesting conversationalist.
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I totally love this
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Oppps…A belated “Happy Birthday”…lovely picture of you and your mum 🙂
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Thank you so much Carol. It was a good day. Now my thought turn to my mom. Her birthday is Monday. We will have Frank Sinatra on Alexa no doubt.
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Nothing better than a bit of Frank… Enjoy!
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