Reflections of a 40-year-old Woman
Posted: Friday, February 01, 2008
by Teresa Ortiz
Freelance writer/Speaker
As I was blow-drying my hair this morning, it occurred to me that I am not as young as I used to be. It's true what they say – In my mind I am 16, but in reality, maybe even older than 40!
All at once, memories start coming to my mind so fast that I could not keep up with them!
That should have been my first clue, but no – I needed a few more.
Fast forward to adult-hood, it was day two of my new job. Like any normal human being, I had to use the ladies' room. All went well for me, that is until I was walking back to my desk and one of the men in the office came up to me to tell that I might want to go back into the ladies room and pull my dress and slip out of my stockings!! Again, the laughter came. "They don't call me Lucy for nothing", I say.
Oh! Then there was the time when I had just finished filling my tank with gasoline and I had to go inside of the store to pay. Who knew there would be oil spots on the ground? Yeah, you guessed it: what is normally up was down, and what is normally down was up. I had oil all over my face… again the laughter.
I could tell you about the time I managed to get myself stuck in a reclining chair, or the time I couldn't get out of the… but no, these would be too embarrassing. Some of you already know about the night I didn't learn to belly dance…
As my face comes back into focus, I have a few last thoughts:
"A Merry heart does good, like medicine…" Proverbs 17:22
In an instant, everything is clear! I know why I am here on earth. I'm supposed to be a doctor!
Good Job Teresa!! I think we are all doctors!Thank you Marti, I believe you are right. You have been my physcian a time or two :-)
Thank you for the comment and the stars :-) I am so glad it made you laugh. I agree, the Lord has a sense of humor -why else would he have created many of those funny looking animals?
We loved reading this story as we do all of Teresa's writing. You can always count on her storys as a reminder how god ties in to all our lives, the truth, and of cours a good laugh. We love you The NajerasAwe, thanks guys! I'm glad you stopped by to read and get a good laugh, I know you laughed because I can hear you from here. :-) And thanks for the stars :-) love you too!
I liked this Teresa, I liked how you eluded to God laughing at us as well. This was funny.Thanks Ann! I know we have talked about it before, He must laugh, but not in a mean way like we would. :-)