One of the bloggers I recently discovered is megakaos. They shared a blogging event that they are participating in, entitled the A to Z Blogging Challenge. This is a blog hop! I loved finding new blogs when I first started blogging in 2004. -and apparently this event has been happening since 2010! How did I miss this? Time to catch up.

Today’s letter is A, and my word for this post is AGE. I turn 60 later this year. I know it’s April 1, but this is not an April fool’s joke.

I attended a (fantastic, by the way) 60th birthday party on the weekend. It took place at Zitta Zitta Italian restaurant, all the way downtown in Little Italy – we took an Uber. It took us over an hour. Nevertheless, we were lucky as the ice storm of the century was happening just north of us.

My girlfriend is in my book club and she’s the first of us to hit this milestone this year. We’ve been getting together to read, eat, drink wine and laugh for over 15 years. It turns out there’ are enough of us sharing this birth year that we are the median age!

The party was a nice gathering, a few of the book club ladies and our husbands were there. Several young people were also in attendance – she has three kids in their 20s, like mine. One of her nieces remarked that none of us looked anywhere near 60. I could have hugged her (in fact, I think I did).

I think about what middle age and 60 looked like when I was a young woman. I think “Golden Girls” the TV show -I can’t believe at the time, the actresses were still in their 50s.

My friend threw the celebration because she felt ” it is time” . She’s still young enough to look good. She also feels good. She wants to acknowledge her friends, loved ones, and her fortunate life. I know that she arranged it herself. She doesn’t think she would throw this party when she’s 70. So pragmatic.

I’m on the fence about whether I will have a party. It’s a lot of work. Maybe I’ll do a trip instead. My husband has said he will celebrate however I’d like to celebrate. Decisions, decisions!