Age is but a number

Turning the big mile stones in life for me was always embraced. 

Sweet 16, yep! Being one of the youngest in my class I was the last one to get my driving permit/license so that age was a big deal for me.

21 not so much, I don't drink so going to bars or buying alcohol was never a big deal, besides in H.S. you didn't have to be 21 to drink, seems like kids managed to get the booze somehow. It was there for the partaking should I have wanted.

30, I was knee deep in motherhood to notice. My thirties came and went so fast the next thing I knew my Mother In Law was throwing a 40th surprise party for the husband and I.

After we shut the 40's door, 50 came a knocking. Actually that was fun, the husband threw both of us a surprise 100th birthday party, but I was the only one surprised since he was the party planner. 

We are exactly 5 days apart, me being the wiser. He married an older woman and I make sure he doesn't forget.

My mom just turned 85. That number sounds really old, well it would have when I was in my thirties but now, it's right around the corner and when I see my mom she is amazing.

She's in good health mentally and physically sometimes making her hard to stay up with. I'm hoping her genes run deep because I'll be looking to glean from them sooner than later.

My dad will be 89 in April, he's moving slower than his usual slow self. He was slow when he first started walking. He was the guy who would get traffic tickets for driving too slow.

His age stabs at me. Although he is doing fine and not on much medication I think just blood pressure but when you get close to your 90's anything can make you fail fast. 

If thats the case, I hope he'll stick with his snails pace. I'm not ready for him to leave just yet.

Then there's my Dixie girl. They told me she was going to turn 3 this year and like most foals, they are born in the spring so naturally I was expecting her to turn 3 anywhere from March to May.

When I received her registered papers in the mail the other day I noticed her birthdate. 

10-03-2017. I'm like, What????   Was she barely a two year old when I bought her in the the fall? Yeah, she will turn three alright, but not until October.

My baby girl, is really a legit baby and a large one at that.

I texted the seller and showed them a picture of her birthdate and asked if it was true, did she just turn two before we got her?

They got a chuckle out of my curiosity and reassured me she will turn 3 in March.

She is from Dutch decent and the Dutch write their dates with the day before the month 10-03-2017. Her birthday is March 10..... silly me.

So, she went from being two, to almost 3 back to being 2 for another 10 months to having her third birthday this March.

Confused? It just goes to show, age is but a number. 

It's what you do with your life in between the numbers that count.