Turning 40 Years Old by Andrea
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It is 2006 - The Year of The Dog, The Year of the Round-Toed Pump and, most importantly, the year that many of my friends, former schoolmates and I turn 40 years old. One by one, each of us from the Class of 1985 will fall like dominos, crossing over from the last thread of youth that some of us are hanging on to for dear life, to an age where we must finally face what we truly are - adults!
This birthday is different. It is not like when we turned 25 or even the once-dreaded 30 - it’s forty! At what point after your last birthday did you start trying to be ‘okay’ with turning 40? How many times have you asked yourself “Who would have thought?” when you realized you would actually soon reach an age that we once thought of as ‘old’? I can hardly believe it myself. Nevertheless, there’s absoluteley nothing we can do about it, so we might as well take this time to reflect on the people we have developed into over these past 40 years, the achievements we have made and the goals we look forward to pursuing.
All these years have taken us on different turns - for some of us, to parts unknown and places unimaginable, like marriage, children, divorce, and in many cases, the brave venture into remarriage. Many of our peers who we assumed would be successfull in their chosen careers have not disappointed us, while others, who seemingly had potential when we were younger and dreaming of our futures, have surprise us by not taking full advantage of their talents. Some have endured heart-wrenching, tumultuous relationships in their pasts, some are single and enjoying their freedom and independence, reaping the well deserved benefits of jobs and careers and accepting the fact that not everyone is meant to follow a textbook version of what life is supposed to be.
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