Today is my big 40th birthday.
How do I feel?
NOT any different from yesterday!
No lie.
It's just a number.
Just happens to be twenty years older than I was when I was twenty.
Ouch.
Okay, focus. It's going to be just fine.
I'm a young Mom! Right?
I'm wiser. Right?
I have a lot to be grateful for.
Yes I do.
Do you realize that forty years is 14,600 days, plus a few extra leap year days.
I remember adding up how many minutes I had lived when I was in 6th grade and showing it to my teacher. I had all of the math written out on a sheet of paper to prove it. See, I've always been a weirdo.
Joan Collins, Drew Carey, Rosemary Clooney and Jewel share my May 23 birthdate.
In 1968:
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuts on NBC.
It was a leap year.
Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed.
Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil RIghts Act 1968.
Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed
The film Yellow Submarine released by the Beatles.
The soap opera One Life to Live premieres.
Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy marry.
Helen Keller dies.
These people were born in 1968 and are joyously turning 40 with me:
Molly Ringwald
Gary Coleman
Chad Low
Mary Lou Retton
Sarah McLachlan
Lisa Marie Presley
Edward Burns
Kenney Chesney
Lucy Lawless
Patricia Arquette
Ashley Judd
Debra Messing
Rachael Ray
Will Smith
James Caviezel
Hugh Jackman
Vanilla Ice
Also, at least five others from church:
Ronda
Shannon
Sherry
Todd T.
Todd B.
Oh Happy Day.
4 comments:
Welcome to the 40's, Shari! Happy Birthday! You look great and you have so much to live for. Have a wonderful day, and remember, YOU ARE LOVED VERY MUCH!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR DAUGHTER...see it isn't so bad after all. Just as you said it is just a number; not to mention gray hair, hair on your chin, wrinkles around your eyes, sagging _____, and justthink it will 10 more years until you will be 50. See now don't ya feel better. LOL
I love you Shari Lynn Cooley Walls!
Thanks for all the great info, even I did not remember some of those things. Such a brain full of info..
Oh I forgot, this is some important info:
Shari Lynn Cooley was
Born on May 23, 1968
@ 12:39 a.m. on a Wednesday
after only 7 hours of labor, from beginning to end...whew short and sweet!
Born 2 1/2 weeks early (was due on 6/9)
Weighed 5 lbs. 8 oz.
17 1/2 inches long
NO HAIR AT ALL!!!!!
LOOKS LIKE A COOLEY
ACTS LIKE A FREDERICKS
She was named after Shari Lewis who did "the lambchop puppet show". I loved the spelling of her name. She also had red hair that was curly, and little did I know that YOU would too.
You cut your first tooth starting at 3 months, walked I believe just before your first birthday. I used to use vaseline to slick your hair, so the fuzz (when you got some) looked like you had some hair. Taped bows to your bald head, cause I was determined to make sure NO one called you a boy.
You were the joy of my life, sunshine of my day, and the reason I lived...I adored you xoxoxoxo
Oh and I still do....
Loved all the birth info from your mom. I enjoy hearing all the details.
Man, we could have almost had the same birthday if you had come late instead of early. (I was early! Never have been since. LOL)
5 lbs., 8 oz! I just bought a package of ground beef that weighed more than that! HaHa
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