It's what keeps me...

young at heart!

My two favorite holidays: Mother's Day and my Born Day- August 3rd (Yes, WonderWoman is a Lioness Warrior... LOL)!

In my 20s I didn't enjoy my favorite holidays as much as I had wanted to. Hell, I was so busy going through my 20s... for those in my world... you know my 20s was filled with a WHOLE LOTTA... lessons (retrospective view... damn I am so blessed to be done with those times).

For several of my Mother's Days and Born Days in my 20s I wanted to enjoy my favorite holidays, but life just seemed to consistently have some lesson planned for me that got in the way of me choosing to enjoy my favorite days. Once I accepted the gift and responsibility of my own joy and happiness... life has been sooooo different.

Well when I was turning 28, I was in a better place on my journey to being the GROWN ASS WOMAN I am today... and my Born Days are usually very defining moments for me. So I decided that going forward I would honor my milestones of growth in ways that made me happy.

Each year since, I have consciously chosen to spend my Born Days doing what I want to do. So I have spent the last few Born Days doing things that truly keep me young at heart.

Some things I enjoy doing that keeps me young at heart:
**Teddy Bears- Build a Bear is one of my favorite places in the world
**Watching Old School cartoons and educating young ones on the best of... old school cartoon toys- My little Pony, Care Bears, Smurfs, Strawberry Shortcake, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny... to name a few that come to mind this early in the AM
**Amusement Parks- my neck still hurts sometimes from my car accident earlier this year... so no rollercoasters for me this year... sooooooo sad
**Playing Kick Ball- the fence was first base, the cement stool at the checker table was second base, and the corner of the wood frame was third base... out to Howard Ave was a homerun... Damn I loved my suburban/hood (safe given the times... yet soooo ghetto)... that park was like our own private back yard...
**Hanging out with friends and fam from back in the day- remembering the adventures... we really were good kids... just adventurous (I swear!)

So last year for my 30th Birthday... I kicked off my Girls Night Out with...My Build a Bear Birthday party... OMG that was so much fun! My kids were too embarrassed to come to my party... so I kicked off the evening with some of my friends that don't get embarrassed so easily... Casblog, my SistaFromAnotherMotha, Ms. HydePark, UMBPartnerInCrime and her partner. We had soooooo much fun! Then I went on a weekend trip... I went with high hopes... but unfortunately the highlight of the trip was watching Flavor of Love marathon and finally making it home. But no regrets... I just know my limitation with group weekend getaways... smile.

And this year..... drum roll....
I am having a Wonder Woman Born Day Cookout/ Get Together... I am sooooo excited. I found party favors and everything... My boys probably want to have me committed... LOL. We may even walk to the field not to far from my house for a old fashion game of Kick Ball... yippee!

So to all the GROWN ASS women and men... enjoy what keeps you young at heart... because we all need it.

Hugs and Luv,
WonderWoman