{"id":18309,"date":"2013-05-02T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T13:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18309"},"modified":"2013-05-02T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T13:52:49","slug":"maybe-ill-get-a-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=18309","title":{"rendered":"Maybe I&#8217;ll get a tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I woke this morning and was 54 years old &#8211; fifty four revolutions around the great big sun &#8211; and I woke with a smile on my face. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Facebook about a million people remembered my birthday &#8211; a far cry from when I was 24 years old or 34 years old or 44 years old and I would wait for my mom&#8217;s call, my grandmother&#8217;s birthday card with $5 to arrive, and my lover to sing me birthday greetings. I waited till the last minute to make a plan for today because I wanted to keep it loosey goosey and so a little shopping with girls, a little lunch with a cocktail, and the whole day to spend with my loved ones:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggR7gw1_xws?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>What will you do with your one precious life? <\/p>\n<p>How about keep hoping for a child till you receive the perfect one? <\/p>\n<p>How about keep searching for meaning and your purpose in life only to find it? <\/p>\n<p>How about opening your heart and loving profoundly? <\/p>\n<p>How about celebrating your 54th birthday knowing you are loved? <\/p>\n<p>My mother told me when I turned fifty, I would become a woman and to enjoy it. How about enjoying being an over fifty year old woman?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been around and around this great big sun and I learned to have an attitude of gratitude. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve no idea what is next. Maybe I&#8217;ll get a tattoo?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18310\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=18310\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg?fit=360%2C360\" data-orig-size=\"360,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"37030_464256400325828_571688522_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg?fit=360%2C360\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg?resize=360%2C360\" alt=\"37030_464256400325828_571688522_n\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg?w=360 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/37030_464256400325828_571688522_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke this morning and was 54 years old &#8211; fifty four revolutions around the great big sun &#8211; and I woke with a smile on my face. 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