I am still every age I\u2019ve ever been, and part of every place I\u2019ve ever traveled. I do not want to forget what it\u2019s like to be 7 or 17 or 27 or 37 or 47. I want to remember what is was like to taste ice cream in Switzerland as a 7 year old, hear a concert in Scottsdale as a 17 year old, see the joy in my toddler\u2019s faces in San Diego as a 27 year old, smell fresh cut tomatoes and basil in Italy as a 37 year old, and feel the warmth of my husbands embrace in New York as a 47 year old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honestly, most days I get stuck in the mindset and body of a 49 year old. I trick myself into believing that this is the only me I\u2019ve ever known. I am grateful for photographs and home movies and journals to help me jog the memories I carry inside my body. I want to live with the childlike wonder, the teenage passion, the young bride\u2019s joy, the industrious energy of of a mother of many, and the strength of the maturing woman. As I am entering my 50th year \u2013 being able to access ALL of these ages and remain open to a childlike awareness will help me learn what is REALLY means to be grown up. #butterflybtc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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