Yes, this morning the face looking back at me in the mirror is 40 years old. Those years have flown by. All the things I worried about day after day, year after year, most didn't happen, and even if they did, most were so small I can't remember. The things I didn't worry about, that caught me by surprise, I survived, and thrived. Let me see. I am 40, I have stretch marks and back fat. But I also have nice legs and I can run and bike and hike ans swim with the best of them. I have a wonderful husband who wished me "happy birthday on your day of birth in your birthday week". I am blessed and I know it. At 40 years old my Mom was dying and knew it. She knew she wouldn't reach 45. I hope that she hoped for it, but all the doctors said she wouldn't. She died less than a month from her 43rd birthday. Thinking about it right now as I type, I can't imagine right now, facing what she faced. Her hair was gone, her f...