While her complaint is that she's "old and divorced and single" I'd like to point out that she is young and divorced and single and being divorced as a young person is a lot easier than being divorced as an old person. Youth is really a matter of perspective but I'll save that rant for another day.
I think aging is an honor and a triumph. I think 30 is young. Remember when you were 15 and a 30 year old seemed ancient? Now remember when you were 28 and you realized that a 24 year old was a baby? Look how that age gap dwindles when you look at it backwards. When Ellen is 46 she's going to think a 30 year old may as well be wearing diapers. I wish she could see that now.
"You don't know anything!" old people sneer. My mind is so encumbered with thoughts and worries that I'm not sure how a 30 year old couldn't know anything but I do believe the lessons of old people so really it just makes me worry about how rough life is yet to be if I've staggered along this far and "haven't even gotten started yet".
This is not uplifting is it? Ellen is 30 today! Thirty crappin' years of sass and adventures and tears and belly laughs. They say life gets good in your thirties - much more peaceful than those tumultuous twenties. Last week Ellen had a hernia-scare and we all thought it was a fitting gift for this landmark birthday.
"Welcome to old age!" Dad said unaware that it's a sensitive subject. Mom had to explain to Dad. Dad didn't get it. Turns out Ellen just ran into a counter top edge that lined up perfectly with a lymph node so instead of her guts trying to make a run for it, she just had an angry node. Looked like a ping-pong ball under her skin. Bleh!
In thirty years Ellen has:
-mastered the English language
-read many books
-traveled extensively
-fallen in love
-gotten every job she's applied for
-learned to make spaghetti
-owned her own home
-prioritized her health
-cruised the Mediterranean Sea
-given homes to aging critters
-memorized all worthwhile movie quotes
-crashed a few cars
-taught classes in a real school
-tormented her little sister
-kept a few plants alive
-and baked the scariest cake we've ever seen.
I think the girl should be proud of herself. She hasn't even gotten started yet.
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