The gift of turning 40

The gift of turning 40?

Yes, you read that right. It is a gift, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves, let me start with a story.

For as long as I can remember, I have heard that people get “old” at 40. That was always the age that was scary — the one that you dreaded reaching and hoped that you had some close friends that would steal you away to Vegas to get drunk and forget about this awful milestone.

As strange as it sounds, I never concerned myself with what my life would look like or be like when I hit 40. To say that my childhood was…