So is there anything that is good about being 50. If you were to ask a teenager this question they would probably tell you that you were old and that you will soon die. However when all of a sudden you get to 50 you do wonder where all those years went. I may have had my 50th birthday a while ago but I don't feel old, I feel wiser, I still like having fun and I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be silly when I want to.
The last 20 or so years were spent raising a family and watching them grow into adults and finding their own way in the world, letting them make their own mistakes but being their to guide them if they need you. I am so proud of them.
I have to confess I do have a bucket list that I am working through. I started the list when I was very young and then it was a "wish list". I was going to write to "Jim will fix it" (pleased I didn't) On my list was to go on an aeroplane, to go abroad, to go in a hot air balloon. Although these things seem very small now, to a child growing up in the 60's, these were things that other people did and we did not. The name of my list was changed to a Bucket List after the film came out and my daughter renamed it (she has her own list and is also working her way through hers too). I am steadily working through it and I have to confess that as I tick off somethings I also still add others, its fun to look at what you have achieved and when.
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