tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post51049764465805599..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Sami's OLD!!!Sandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-47555846165910223992007-03-28T09:44:00.000-05:002007-03-28T09:44:00.000-05:00Sami looks adorable, of course.Also, I want you to...Sami looks adorable, of course.<BR/><BR/>Also, I want you to know that when my son (who shall not be named), saw the picture that goes with this post, he said excitedly, "That's Mr. Tom! That's Mr. Tom, Mama!" Hee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-85308357770444875902007-03-26T18:47:00.000-05:002007-03-26T18:47:00.000-05:00When my wife, Kate, turned 40, it hit her harder t...When my wife, Kate, turned 40, it hit her harder than I thought it would. She decided to go blonde, but the dye turned her brunette hair red, instead. She kept it auburn for a year. :-) She had no such crisis this year, turning 50.<BR/><BR/>I turn 45 this year and it is depressing me, some, because I expected to further along in things I wanted to accomplish by now. Friends I went to high school Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-46764603512812241092007-03-26T14:13:00.000-05:002007-03-26T14:13:00.000-05:00PamBG, I agree completely. At 30, I finally began ...PamBG, I agree completely. At 30, I finally began to feel like a grownup. Before I turned 30, I had gotten married, finished my Ph.D., and begun teaching, so I had taken on essentially the same responsibilities I have now. However, I still felt like a little kid pretending to be an adult. For some reason, turning 30 finally gave me some validation.<BR/><BR/>I think, though, that men tend to get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-91763178832073325392007-03-26T11:12:00.000-05:002007-03-26T11:12:00.000-05:00I'll be 50 in August and I've not yet had a "somet...I'll be 50 in August and I've not yet had a "something - oh" crisis. But I've been lucky with my health, I think.<BR/><BR/>Speaking seriously and without envy, 30 is great. You start knowing who you are and what your gifts are and you start getting the means to use them.<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday to Sami!PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-80339844071672581932007-03-26T07:41:00.000-05:002007-03-26T07:41:00.000-05:00Give her my best wishes for her birthday, Chris.I ...Give her my best wishes for her birthday, Chris.<BR/><BR/>I turned 30 and nothing happened, so I realized it wasn't a big deal.<BR/><BR/>Turning 40, however, was a different issue...Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-79489662628538340912007-03-25T20:46:00.000-05:002007-03-25T20:46:00.000-05:00I never realized before how much taller than her y...I never realized before how much taller than her you are.Princess Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034736249078068674noreply@blogger.com