Believe it or not, I’m super excited about turning 51!

That might sound strange in a culture obsessed with youth.

Women are often told that aging is bad, that we shouldn’t say our age out loud, and that we should do everything in our power to look younger.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.

💔 Last year, turning 50 was a huge milestone for me.

You see, turning fifty was so much more than celebrating a new decade.

𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟓𝟎, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫.

After a short, two-month battle, he passed away. His death rattled me for years.

I think of him often:

✨ When we moved into our home, I imagined how much he would have loved working on projects with my husband.

✨ When my kids were born, I wished he could have held them, played with them, and cheered them on at their sports events and recitals.

So when I turned 50 last year, I celebrated BIG

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