Ale and I are the same age. His birthday is in May so I still feel like the younger one of the two, but for the most part we’ve been running this life race hand in hand. The other day, we were talking about birthdays and getting older and about how much we’ve changed throughout the years and we realized that we have known each other for sixteen years!!! (excuse me while I scream into my pillow) We talked about the days when grownups used to say “twenty years ago” or “that was at least ten years ago” well thats us now. We’re the grownups. We’re the ones with stories that start off with “back in the day.” We’re the ones who reflect on how much the city has changed, how technology has changed our lives, how cassette tapes are obsolete and video cameras are unheard of thanks to our phones.
I was having a bit of an I’m almost 30 crisis and was trying to explain to Ale what I was feeling. Of course I led off with tears and a few mumble jumble thoughts, but my sweet hubby was able to put everything I was feeling into words. He knew exactly what I was feeling. To my surprise, we were having the same thoughts about this stage in life that we’re both in.
You see, we both started working at young age and have been dubbed the “young ones” the “kids” the “good looking 20 something” at work, at church and among our friends. We’ve always had our “whole life ahead of us” and have both been on the starting line of life. I know it’s silly but I never really transitioned into this stage of adulthood. It just kind of hit me all at once. We have kids (best decision ever), have respectable careers, are going on six years of marriage and have a good chunk of life experience. I guess that’s how it works with starting lines… you don’t really know when you’re far from it, until you stop to look back. I feel like we’re settling into the adults that we’re supposed to be. It’s not a somber feeling… just reality.
So no matter how you slice it, we’re growing up. We are Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalez and although we may not have “our whole lives ahead of us” anymore, we do have a whole lot of life to go and the best part is that we get to live it together.
**The cake you ask… is from the incredible Brianna Rodriguez from Wildflour Bakery. It is (was) a decadent lemon blueberry ombre cake and it was allllllllll mine! This cake made an appearance on the blog for Jorge and Sam’s vow renewal and I liked it so much that I begged Ale to get it for my birthday this year. Brianna is local to South Florida and bakes up the best cakes and cupcakes I have ever had!!!! You can call or contact her here. Thanks Brie!**
I resonate so much with this Teresa. I am turning 29 on Monday (and have known Jordan since freshman year of HS!) and I often catch myself when I say my age because I don’t know where my 20s went?
So many of my coworkers are 21-23 and that seems like a lifetime ago but yet I feel as though my life is just beginning.
Cheers to you and to that cake! Yum!!