2 Weeks of 29...

So my birthday was August 31, and how did I celebrate? I TOOK A NAP!!! LOL, I was exhausted because the day before we had my wife's baby shower and it was insanity. Wonderful, but pure insanity. I was the only grown man in a house with like 30 women and children. Nuff said! But that's not the subject of this blog. What I really wanted to talk about was what it feels like to be un ano short of the big 3-0. So in the words of the Joker, "Here....we....go!"

I feel exactly the same. Well, not exactly the same, but I don't really know what it means to feel 'my age'. Of course, I have grown man responsibilities, with my wife, my child soon to come, bills, and all the other positions I've been placed in, but I still have dreams like a little kid, and I still feel like a kid sometimes. Shoot, I spend most of my day 10 months of the year with teenagers, so I guess it's only natural that I still keep some of that youthful hope and energy that some of them exhibit.

To be honest, I actually feel better now than I have in a while. I've managed to avoid the early mid-life crisis by focusing on all the blessings that are staring me in the face each day: life, my wife, my daughter (even though she's not here yet), my job (even though it drives me crazy), and most importantly, my God. People face the whole 'crisis' thing because they lose sight of their identity. We lose sight of our identity because we lose sight of our purpose. And if nothing else, I do know I have a purpose, and I don't know the final destination, but I'm sure trying to walk the correct path there.

So, where's my correct path gonna take me. Not sure, but I'm confident my faith will guide me, and y'all will see where the journey takes me through my music, my poetry, and of course, my blogs. We'll see how it goes grinding at 29.

Spit Life,

E. Minor