Blessed to Have Wrinkles

We all want to live forever but none of us want to get old... But maybe getting old isn't as bad as we think it is. I thought I was so 'old' at the age of 29 when I got divorced. I wasn't where I thought I was supposed to be or have what I was supposed to have when in hindsight, I can see my life was only truly beginning.

By 29 you are supposed to be married, settled, and starting a family of sorts. But there I was, a broken mess and divorced before my second wedding anniversary. I am so glad that I held on and faced the fears of this new path I was set on. I was old enough to know better and young enough to try again. Heck, I still am but I am in a better space now.

I am married to my best friend and we still act like we are teenagers at times. If we aren't bodyboarding or skateboarding, we are rollerblading along the beach front with our toddler in a pram. Almost 8 years have passed since that phase of my life and everything has changed.

My wrinkles are creeping in and I learn to love them more every time I notice them. They show the world that I have lived, loved and laughed. My grey hairs are my wisdom colours and they show that I have learned lessons and that I am still here growing every day.

There are so many success stories that happened after that 'supposed' successful age. My two favourites are Louise Hay, who started a Publishing Company at the age of 60, and JK Rowling, who was a divorced, single mom and only published Harry Potter in her mid-thirties!

Let go of the shoulds and start embracing your 'now.' I have learned it literally takes changing one thing or one percent of our daily routine to start the change process.

I embrace my Wrinkledom and love the Wisdom that peeks through.

If nothing else, we have the experience to not do the dumb stuff again and are hopefully smart enough to make better life choices.

We got this!

All my love

Chené