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My thirties were a roller coaster ride, a real screamer at times. It will be interesting to see what my fourties are like. I'm still two years younger than my dad was when I was born.

Here is what I wrote to myself last year via futureme:

Dear FutureMe,

Today is my 39th Birthday. I hope that you have been keeping up the good work. By the time you get this I will be 40, I guess. What an age! You are finally old enough that you could just keel over dead one day and nobody would be shocked. Anyway, make the most of your special day. Because they are numbered.

You and your wife celebrated your 5th wedding anniversary a couple of days ago. She has been approved for citizenship and is waiting to take her oath.

Your son is 4 years old. He is starting preschool this fall. It has been taking forever to toilet train him but at long last there is light at the end of the tunnel. He is very intelligent and constantly challenges you by saying the opposite of what you are trying to teach him (E.g., "I want to smoke cigarettes!" "Makeup is for boys.") and watching you for your response. He is also obsessed with his civil liberties and continually asks to go to the park ("Go parking"), the mall, and any other store that has ever handed out a free balloon.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. You are currently memorizing this scripture:

Romans 12:1-2
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.

2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Do you still remember it?

I do!