I'm getting old

So many stages of life and I'm now entering the next on my oh so adventurous journey. I've thought a lot about this in the past year. I'm graduating from the "new parents with babies" to the "done having kids" stage. I'm also turning 30 this year. No more of the glorious 20's. Not that I was all that glorious while IN the 20's. I am surely not the 20's cover child with the tan, bikini body playing at a beach during Spring Break and partying my life away. I never was that and thank heavens for it. I was large with child for a good part of it and recovering from a surgery for a couple years of it too. But the biggest events so far in my life took place this decade from marrying my husband to giving birth to three wonderful kids. I don't have the young youthful face anymore and I look more like a Mrs. than a Miss. I'd better- I've earned every bit of "age" that shows on my face. The fact that I'm going to be 30 this year is not at all what bothers me though. It's the fact that I'm in the older bracket of kids- kids are what really age a person. The new mother at age 25 is the same as the new mother at age 35 and likewise, the mother of the 14 yr old at age 35 is the same as the mother of a 14 yr old at age 45 (at least in social circles). It's ok though. It's part of life. I don't think I'll go kicking and screaming as I get older, but I don't think I'll jump right in either. The vein part of me likes the idea that there is cosmetic surgery and liposuction out there just in case thing start hitting the floor, and the other part of me, the day-to-day me that wakes up and doesn't usually care what I look like thinks that aging is a beautiful thing. Whatever. I'm just gearing up for the next part of this life thing. No more kids in the forseen future, probably at least one more life/death experiance, and lots, and lots of fun.