Happy Birthday to Me!
I am 56 today. When I was 6, I thought 50 was the limiit--a good round number, though as someone pointed out yesterday, 100 is rounder still. Maybe whe i turned 50, I still believed that a little. But I've gotten used to the new idea: the 50s are not over the hill, they are the crown of the hill. And I expect to take a good part of my 60s to get over the top. The 50s are the Indian Summer of the metaphoric year of life... The time when the weather is still fine, and the colors have begun to turn... Sign in to see full entry.