Welcome to my ’60s
I am 60 today. I was thinking this morning as I woke up feeling wonderful about how the decade of my 50s was pretty great in so many ways. So many wonderful things happened – so much personal growth and happiness. So many things to be grateful for. And it was a time of very serious health problems. I survived a spinal tumor that almost brought me down for good and found out what it means to be losing the ability to walk and dealing with pain off the chart every single day. And what it feels like to be told you have breast cancer. And dealing with the aftermath of surgery and radiation. But I also found out what it feels like to ask for help from the universe and get it. I was saved by wonderful doctors and surgeons and friends and my amazing sisters. And today I am strong. I can walk and I do walk for miles. The crushing pain, neuropathy and spasticity is gone. I do my yoga and I just started kayaking. And I am cancer-free. As they say, it was an amazing learning experience.
My wish for the next decade is this. To age gracefully and healthfully. To keep moving in the direction I want to go – stronger, happier, freer. To keep learning and creating and growing and loving. And being delighted and surprised.
And I wish the same for all of you.
Sandra Williams wrote on October 6, 2009 at 6:27 pm:
Happy belated birthday, Wendy!
What a set of challenges you have faced and conquered. I’m in awe. You’ve earned a less eventful decade, that’s for sure.