Submitted by Samantha Hunter on Wed, 2009-02-04 14:06.
I am the youngest in my family, though my mother had me 10 years after my next oldest sister, and when my mother was 40. So, I grew up generally being around people older than I was, and I think that shaped who I was in a lot of ways. Maybe grew up faster, was always responsible, I always acted older than most kids my age. So now, I just turned 46, and the reverse seems to be true. I don't feel -- and most people say I don't look, and often don't act -- my age. That's fine by me -- I'm not sure exactly what it means to act your age anyway -- is there a way we're supposed to act at 46? 35? 78?
I look at my sisters and friends who are a little older than me, and other older people around me, my 89 year old Dad who still takes care of himself everyday, and my 70-something MIL, who travels in her RV all over the country, and I know that just like we can be whoever we want to be when we are kids, we can also be whoever we want to be as we get older, too.
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