50 to 50: The countdown begins.

[vanillafluffy]

I'm going to countdown the days until the big 5-0...there's a certain gravitas to such a golden number...at least, I *hope* there's some gold involved in my 50th year, I could sure use it. Meanwhile, let the nostalgia begin

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[pwcorgigirl]

This is such a lovely thing to do, recording your place in the memory of your family.

I turned 51 on Sunday, and am still somewhat agog at how fast time goes.

[vanillafluffy]

Argh! How did I miss that?! Happy birthday!

I know! I remember when a year seemed like a long time, and now twenty years ago seems like yesterday. (Years 25-30 ought to be interesting reading....)

[pwcorgigirl]

Thanks! It's not on my journal, so you had no way of knowing. Fifty-one has had more emotional resonance that 50 for me because my dad died a couple of months before his 51st birthday. To have outlived him made it a weightier occasion than the Big Five-Oh for me.

[vanillafluffy]

My dad was the longest-lived member of my immediate family. He made it to age 75. Mom was 55 when she passed, Peter was 54. I'd be happy to split the difference between them and him!

[gwylliondream]

What a great idea! Looking forward to reading these. You've got me beat, I won't be 50 for 317 days!

[vanillafluffy]

Yay, I win!

...I think.

That makes you...a Gemini? My mom and my brothers were both Geminis, my dad was a Leo. You'd think, since I'm a Virgo and Virgo and Gemini are both ruled by Mercury, that I'd be most sympatico with mom and bro, but no; he was a mama's boy, I was a daddy's girl, and I think I got the best of the deal.

Good grief, that icon! I swear, Tim looks like jailbait there, which isn't a bad look on him, IMO....

[cbtreks]

In my family, it seems the women can remember farther back than the men. I wonder if that's true across the board? (My dad couldn't remember anything before he was 5. My mom and I can both have memories from age 2.)

[vanillafluffy]

Interesting theory. I have no idea if it would hold true in my family, and there's no one left to ask. I'm just hoping that my memory stays decent---but as far as I know, there's no Alzheimers or dementia in the family. That's my biggest fear. I watched my beloved adopted mama slowly lose herself, and it was worse than seeing the cancer kill her.

[karaokegal]

Took me awhile to figure out the whole premise-50 to 50...one post a day, theoretically covering a year each. OK, I'm slow on the uptake. Then I wanted to make sure I gave each one proper reading rather than a skim, and planned to do it at work. Then I found out about the blocking program.

I'm really impressed that you have such clear memories. My early stuff is very disjointed and I could hardly tell what happens in what order for the first few years.

Yay you for hanging on to your past and sharing with us.

[vanillafluffy]

The disjointedness will emerge in the 1990s---there was a span of a few years when I had gone back to school, was smoking too much week, and there's likely to be a certain amount of fluff. Sadly, much of my 30s were a blur. And the first part of my 40s was consumed by HWSNBN...I woke up a couple yearss ago and went WTF happened?! In my head, I'm maybe 27, but the math and the mirror exceed that by a few years.

I'm glad you're interested. Work your way through as you can, it's not like there's going to be a test!

[karaokegal]

There should be a test. For your 50th bday, you should make up a funny multiple choice quiz about this whole series of posts, with all sorts of funny fake answers to see if anyone really paid attention. You could give a drabble as a prize or something.

[vanillafluffy]

Heeheehee---I like this idea! Of course---it's all about me!