this is me
this is my forty-year old face
forty used to seem such a long way away, and now it is very much right here, right now. i feel happy that it is here. however i am constantly met with conversation where people feel the total and complete opposite. even to the point of devastation that forty has just come and knocked on their door. i wasn’t too fussed about my twenty-first and thirty pretty much just passed me by.
don’t get me wrong i don’t ever look back with any regret over those years, i totally and utterly embrace everything that they have taught me along the way.
my teens were exciting and exploratory, more than some will or ever or need to know. i certainly made my biggest mistakes in my twenties, but hey you know what? they were lessons that needed to be learnt, so i am grateful that i learnt them sooner rather than later, got them out the way. my thirties have defined me, more than i could have ever imagined and have made me the person i am now, now that i am forty.
i have friends that span all these decades, some that have been with me right from the beginning, some that i have met along the way. i’m a very lucky lady.
so what will forty bring me? who knows, who cares. what i do know is that i know what matters to me, and more importantly i know who matters to me, everything else is just simply part of the side-show.
hello forty i think we are going to be very very good friends indeed.
Looking as gorgeous as ever, my 40 year old friend 🙂 x
why thank you x
40’s best decade. Learnt so much by now, no longer give a sh*t, in the best possible way.
bring it on!
Great post Vanessa. As someone who was with you in your teens and just celebrated her 40th I totally agree. The way I look at it is I’m just amazed I made it to 40 and that alone is a reason to celebrate! Happy 40th honey xx
convent school prepared us well! ha ha ha ha ha
happy 40th to you too sweetie x
Forty is amazing, you are amazing, nothing wrong with any of that xx
no we are amazing! x
Welcome to 40. Left my 30s last June, so I’m now hurtling towards 41. Have to say it’s no more painful than 39. (And your 40-year-old face is lovely)
i’m loving the 40 club already!
And a wonderful face it is too! You are one of my favourite people in this blogging world, I love your attitude and outlook!
thank you so much for your support and your blog love x thank you x
Lovely post and a great outlook on life. It’s a pretty beautiful face too 🙂
too kind, thank you x
Yes Vanessa…..you are so right. People keep asking me what I’m doing for my 40th…..I’m just gonna enjoy it and try not to count my wrinkles!! We all used to think that 40 was “passed it” – well….think we’ve all changed our minds now!! Ha ha! xx
i didn’t get to bed until gone 6am so i’m proof that 40 isn’t passed it!
You look awesome.
I can see 40 on the horizon …. and you have made me feel a little better about it x
embrace the 40!
i am so with you here as I turn the big 40 soon (and sooner than I would like) and I am someone who is not looking forward to it at all . I think your attitude towards it is a good one though and is good for me to read
you look amazing at 40 you honestly do, and i love your attitude. Maybe 40 rocks afterall x x
my 40s are going to be my time, i already feel more comfortable being me than i ever have before x
Oh what a post 🙂 I reckon 40 really suits you, you’ve got such a lovely, relaxed outlook and HOW do you look so good pulling those faces?! xx
i think it might suit me too! and the faces??? it’s the light darling… 😉
Have a fabulous forties love x
i’m completely intending too!
I’m loving my 40s – best decade so far but then, I’ve enjoyed all of them and am planning to carry on into the next few (if i’m spared, as my Granny used to say!) The nose photo is particularly gorgeous I must say!
i’ve enjoyed all mine too, but have a feeling that this one will be the best!
Well if I looked as amazing as you, I’d be embracing it too! However, it’s looming for me and I’m in denial!
oh stop it liz, you look totally fabulous!
You look a beauty! I Love being forty *cough* erm two. Unless I hear myself say the number out loud and then I deny it, even to myself I could be that old!
spell it if it hurts too much! he he he
Awww, you look AMAZING!!! I know a lot of people who say that 40 is fab, cause you don’t care what people think anymore 🙂
thanks emma that’s very kind of you. i think 40 is going to be absolutely marvellous
It’s wonderful to read how you feel the different ages have changed your life, here is to the forties may they be truly fabulous you like you x
every decade has been so different, can’t wait to see what this one will shape up to be like! to the forties!
Awwww you look gorgeous. Here is to an amazing decade!
thanks maggy, i’ll give it my best!
I love that 40 year old face! Being 40 is ok Does’t feel as bad as people make it sound! Any way – growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional
it really isn’t is it, and i love the growing up is optional might have to use that when i’m not acting my age! 😉
Forty’s the new thirty you know….
(which must be true because I read it on the internet lol)
well if it’s on the internet….