On His 40th Birthday

The oldest met up with his younger brother and the two of them spent a couple days hiking down into the Grand Canyon. The oldest turned 40, spending his birthday with his brother camping at the bottom of a big hole in the ground.

I have a child who is 40.

Never did I expect that my golden years would be spent in the mountain west, that my children would become westerners, and that my grandchild, expected in 2021, would be a California girl. But here we all are.

Did your life turn out the way you ever imagined it would?