The Shift - Respect Me, I'm Your Elder

It's so weird and I guess a sign of my growing age. For a long time, it seemed, I was always the youngest around, whether it was in the workplace or social situations. Add to that, in my 20s, I looked way younger than I was. Sometimes that actually played against me, where people may not have taken me seriously because they thought I was just a teenager.

These days, there's been a shift. I seem to be one of the oldest around. I'm the oldest mama who posts on the blog here as I out-age Mila by 11 1/2 months (it's Mila's birthday today, by the way). And Carrie, well she may have a houseful of kids, but she's just a kid herself. :-)

I kind of like this shift to being the older one. Forget about the lines that are forming around my eyes...but I feel a different sense of respect from people whereever I go. I kind of like that.