Thoughts on turning 50...

I am sitting here finishing up my homework for SSL and just saw that the clock is telling me I have 5 minutes to go as a 49 year old. This is a good place to be in life and classmates of my generation who read this will probably concur that life does just continues to get better. Yes, I could be out celebrating now, but a bit of that will happen in the next few days. I am very satisfied to be where I am at 50. A new career is beginning and I still have my career in art to balance me, my son is almost 16 and a really great kid that I am so proud of, my husband is supportive and puts up with me and thinks I am still hot in spite of what mirrors tell me. I don't worry about appearances as much, my confidence is better (well, except maybe in this class), I am alive. My five minutes are up, there is much to do and I am grateful that I can do it. Hey, if 50 is the new 30, I have lots of mileage left. Celebrate, everyone, wherever you are in life.