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Posted on | December 4, 2009 | 33 Comments
This is the year I turn 45.
This is the year I first noticed that my hands are starting to look old.
I don’t mind it terribly. My hands create. They take bits of fluff and make yarn, then turn that yarn into useful, sometimes beautiful, objects. This is more valuable to me than remaining wrinkle-free.
This is the year that I learned, and am still learning, to accept loved ones for who they are – not who I think they should be. Although I will always hope that they are the best they can possibly be, it is important to love them unconditionally.
This is the year I decided to take care of my body. If I want this body to carry me around for another 45 years, it has to be strong. Diet and exercise are the key – I’ve lost one size and hope to lose a couple more. My flexibility is slowly returning – along with my waist. It’s nice to see.
This has been a hard year. It has been a year of learning and growing, a year of tears and parental woes. It’s been a year of pulling myself up and sometimes just getting through the day, thankful for the elliptical climber and my iPod, my wonderful supportive husband, my family and my friends – which includes all of you.
So – happy birthday to me, but thank you to you!
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December 4th, 2009 @ 10:59 am
Happy Birthday! It’s good to learn, because if you didn’t you’d go through the same sh*t all over again every year. May your day be very special and the new year ahead go smoothly.
December 4th, 2009 @ 11:10 am
Happy Birthday! 45 is about the time I noticed the hands too. This year, it was the fine lines around my eyes.
But think what those represent. Making, laughing, loving, and yes, crying. It’s life and it’s what helps to make it wonderful.
December 4th, 2009 @ 11:11 am
whoa. That last comment was me. Apparently, my hands haven’t learned how to type well yet!
December 4th, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Happy Birthday!
December 4th, 2009 @ 11:56 am
I’ve been noticing the hands too, especially with weight loss. What’s up with that?! Found any really good moisturizers yet?
Happy Birthday! Hope its filled with friends, family and all kinds of fibery goodness.
It looks like you’ll be sharing it with a new nephew that’s decided to make his presence known today. He, along with mom and dad are currently in the hospital making it happen. ;-) Things known – his name is Cole. He has knitwear ready for him. I just finished the cardigan yesterday – think he heard somehow? ;-)
December 4th, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Happy Birthday! This is a beautiful post and I love the way you looked back at your year. And you’re looking forward, too, and that’s wonderful. I have to admit, though, that my aging hands sort of bother me. I hate the look of raised veins on the back of my formerly smooth hands!
December 4th, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Happy Birthday, dear Elizabeth. With your outlook on life you’ll have no trouble surviving for another 45 years — at least!
December 4th, 2009 @ 12:20 pm
Happy birthday!
December 4th, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Happy Birthday! Hope your birthday present is a Droid. ;-)
December 4th, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
Beautiful, all of it. Happy birthday to you!
December 4th, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
Happy Birthday! Those are wonderful goals you set for yourself. Congrats!
December 4th, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
Happy birthday!!! Getting older has many advantages, best of all is wisdom and perspective. Have a great year.
December 4th, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
Long life, good health, and many more happy birthdays to you!
December 4th, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
Awesome and wonderfully insightful post Elizabeth! Thanks for sharing! Happy Birthday!!
December 4th, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
oh HB!
Isn’t that something? It seems like the older you get the more you realize you have still to learn – seems like to me anyways.
I noticed this year that my hands are getting older – it’s kinda weird.
December 4th, 2009 @ 2:17 pm
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth! I’m glad that I’ve gotten to “know” you this year.
December 4th, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
Happy birthday!
December 4th, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Happy Birthday, my sweet!
December 4th, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
Happy Birthday! And kudos on getting through a tough year, and making some positive changes.
December 4th, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
Happy birthday to you, and many, many (healthy!) more!
December 4th, 2009 @ 5:38 pm
MANY happy birthday thoughts! The 40s are such important milestone years (I think, anyway) for so many things. Enjoy this decade and the many more to come!
December 4th, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
hum. and I’ve always heard the memory is the first thing to go…
There is a saying about busy hands = a happy heart, but I don’t seem to be able to remember how it goes….
Happy Birthday!
December 4th, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
Oh happy day! Hope you had a great one. I’m gonna think about this post for a while. I like it. :)
December 4th, 2009 @ 8:16 pm
You say it’s your birthday
You’re gonna have a good time
They say it’s your birthday
I’m glad it’s your birthday
Happy birthday to you!!!
December 4th, 2009 @ 10:23 pm
Happy Birthday Elizabeth! Great reflective post! I could learn a few things from you. :-)
December 5th, 2009 @ 7:21 am
Happy Birthday! I didn’t notice your hands looking older at all; they were still the cute, pixie delicate hands they’ve always been to me! You could have big ol’ man hands like I have and then have old looking man hands, which trust me, sucks a lot.
Love you ;)
December 5th, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
You sentiments and responsibility could go for turning ANY age. The 45 part is just a number. Happy Birthday!
December 6th, 2009 @ 5:19 am
Happy birthday!
Dein Schreiben hat mich sehr berührt – sehr warmherzig und fühlend!
Liebe Grüße
Veronika
December 6th, 2009 @ 8:06 pm
Happy Birthday! My Grandmother used to complain about her hands being so ugly and old because of arthritis and my mother would remind her that she had the most beautiful hands that created such wonderful things! So yes, you have beautiful hands!
December 7th, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
Happy birthday! Good things happening. Can’t learn too early to just shine on the changes you can’t control. If you don’t, it gets overwhelming, because they keep happening, and it wastes energy to continuously grieve over them. I agree/like your transition to what your hands DO for you. 45 is a wonderful age. Old enough for wisdom, but not old enough to be old yet!
December 7th, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth. I’ve missed you.
December 8th, 2009 @ 7:47 am
Happy Belated Birthday!! What a wonderful post. Though I do I hope that this year is kinder and gentler. Wishing you good things – big hugs to you, Elizabeth.
December 8th, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
I’m sorry this is so late, but Happy Birthday! And you don’t look a day over 30 in my opinion. Good for you on the exercising. Maybe you can motivate me?