A. A while ago. Thanks for the reminder Lacey. and...
B. Led to the belief that someone out there might want to know how to can tomatoes.
Well I changed my mind about what my next post would be and decided to write about the mind boggling event that takes place today.
I am the oldest girl of two boys in my family. Yes, I still refer to myself as a girl and my brothers are still "the boys". Complete with y's on the end of each of their names. The world may call them Mark and Bill, but they will always be Marky and Billy to me. I know them. Well, I kind of know them. I knew them when we were kids. I fought them and I fought for them. The ole' adage that I can fight them, but you can't stood true. I would have fought the world to protect them....and there were times in my young childhood when it felt like I did. I was the oldest, so it felt right. But I digress....
So today is one of my "baby" brother's birth day. And he turned 50 today. I don't know how this is possible. Wasn't I just walking alongside of him holding his hand? Didn't I just explain to him how deodorant might help his chances with the general population? Not just women, but people in general? Didn't my husband just let him borrow his Z28 Rally Sport Camero to take his date to the Cotillion? Didn't he just get married? Well, no, I guess none of these just happened. But this is a real bump in my road. It was one thing for me to turn 50. Another when my oldest turned 30. Big things for sure. But this is my "baby" brother and I feel like I just got put into my place. Like the universe just commanded me to sit up and take notice and realize that life was moving by me fast. And that I don't really have forever to live. Nothing morbid, just a check. So I respond. I notice....and I will live differently. I have alot to get in before I go, so I got a whole lot more living to do. I have grown complacent in this living in my fifties thing and I need to remember how to do it! So here I go, starting again at your birthday party!
Happy 50th birthday Billy. I know we each have alot more years to live outloud!
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