Last
week I celebrated my 27th birthday and
couldn’t be more thankful and happy to be alive, surrounded by the ones I love
and those who love and support me. I love the whole process of aging and what
comes with it. As a child my parents use to always enforce I sat goals every
year and work towards accomplishing them.
Whether it was learning how to play a new piece on the piano or trying a
new activity, I had to have new plans every year. Ever since then I haven’t
stopped.
Part of
aging also brings the wrinkles, insecurities and for many women the number
issue. I never understood why many women hate saying their age or even being
asked. I never saw my mom have an issue with it. She said it loud and proud
and was very empowering of it. I once was told by an elder lady,“Women should never be asked their age.”
I didn’t get it so I asked my mom what the reason for that was. She then gave me
a whole lesson about what aging is and what it means, at least for us. She
started by saying that aging is part of live and we all go through it like
death. Be proud and always secure of everything that is part of you. Embrace
your flaws because they are what make you and only you. Every year, month,
week, day, hour, and second you learn something new that helps build you up
whether it’s good or bad. By setting
those goals you are working towards something bigger and building your future.
Those wrinkles you see are the signs of your accomplishments and the proof you
have busted your tail to make them come true. Working through pain, happiness,
loss, sleepless nights, up’s and down’s - you did it and no one can take that
away.
Many
hate even thinking of their age for various reasons. It may possibly be because they haven’t lived
life to the fullest or maybe they are still stuck mentally in an age where they
had dreams that just never came true. Whatever the reason is be proud and happy
in your skin and embrace who you are. The most appealing parts of any human are
security of oneself, sincerity, and the will to take on challenges.
Don’t
over think about whom you are or things you dislike instead work on becoming a strong
minded person and focus on what’s going to benefit you and most of all make you happy.
Making mistakes is perfectly normal and great. Not only do you learn but can teach others along the way. Don’t
stop dreaming and setting goals because this is what this life is about. Challenges
and becoming the best version of our self. Be the leader of your life and not the
follower of others.
Photography by Armando Trevino
Thank you for letting me share another year with you via this blog. Where I've been able to express a little bit of everything as well as learn and be inspired by you. Don't stop. Thank you!
{Wearing}
{Top: Ann Taylor (old)}
{Skirt: INC International Concept via Macys}
{Sandals: Steve Madden}
{Clutch, Pin, Ring and Sunglasses: Mom's}
{Cuff, Earrings and Belt: via TJ Maxx}
