My vacations last decade were fast & furious. The next 10 years are getting noticablly slower. i'm noticing  what i could never see before. Probally because i was going so fast. My thoughts are deeper. I'm definately more contemplative. Reflective. I pray more for others now and the world as a whole, knowing that indirectly i am affected more than i use to care to beleive. I am appreciating beauty in the little, often forgotten, things in our world. Insects, water, children. I'm not taking so many things for granted. Growing more and more thankful everyday. My prayer for all women coming into mid-life is that they would grow old gracefully, in wisdom & become increasingly thankful. In Jesus name i pray Amen.