Age...it's just a number, they said. It's just another year older, they said. It's another year wiser, they said. Every year my birthday has come around I've been excited to be another year older and another year wiser. But this year, as twenty-nine has arrived and thirty is knocking on the door, there is a much different feeling inside of me. It's a flood of feelings that I'm not used to and don't know how to handle. I feel nervous, scared, upset and like I've failed. I think most of us as we are younger start to envision what our lives will be like in the future. What happens when reality is not what you envisioned as a little girl? That's my current situation.

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