Thirty Something

Today I turn thirty.

I weep for my youth.
I weep for my hair.
I weep for my pride.
I digress.

Thirty is not a substantial drama; thirty is a milestone. It is a milestone which I identify, acknowledge, and ignore. I focus on the following during this time of struggle and inevitable reality:

I have a wonderful wife.
I have a wonderful daughter.
I have a wonderful life.

The aforementioned realities are static not transitory. I live a most charmed and blessed life.

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4 Responses to “Thirty Something”

  • timo Says:
    December 10th, 2006 at 6:02 pm

    heh… wait ’til 40. :P

  • Dy Says:
    January 3rd, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    Great blog! I feel like I know you more then the ocassional converstaions in the office.
    I loved turning 30. It was the first time I didn’t have to do what others wanted me to do or be, I was finally in charge of my own destiny. If you’re a Hmong girl, this is quite significant because my culture abhors anyone nails that stick out too far. It was liberating to tell my grandmother to find a better way of talking to me in morning–she scolded me for be asleep at 9 in the morning–when I didn’t get up at the crack of dawn to cook for her and my parents on a visit. My kids were sick as well so I didnt’ want to wake them from the much needed sleep they didn’t get from the night before.
    The magic of the presence of oneself is not for long though. The kids have a way of constantly reminding how you’re falling behind each year. I’m more aware of my present then my past or future and I think I’m always racing with my kids. They grow up too fast making me feel like life is slowing down and I’m falling behind.
    Enjoy the fruit of maturity.
    -Dy

  • Nicholas J. Rowland Says:
    January 25th, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    Daniel Michael,

    I thought it was me who did the digressing around here? Well, as a person who has laid witness to your progressive loss of hair, youth and pride (and numerous digressions, for that matter), I will tell you that you are wearing them well.

    Each time I return to Minnesota and visit, you look lighter: a follicle lost here, an ounce of pride there, and I am reminded of George Bailey.

    My very best,
    nicholas

  • Brian Says:
    March 1st, 2007 at 5:59 pm

    Danny-Danny,
    So good to know that I can catch up and hear how it is going.

    I’ve always loved how you write! Thanks for the peek back into your life.

    Miss you man,
    Bri

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