I turn 46 this year and I'm happier than I've ever been.

I turned 40 between the time that my marriage broke up and before the divorce was finalized; it was not a great period in my life However, I got to spend the day out rock climbing on a rare 40+ degree March day. It was one of the best ways I ever spent a birth day.

I was not bothered by turning 40, nor was I bothered by the fact that I'd already been going gray for a few years. However, within 6 months of turning 40 I started needing reading glasses That was finally the thing that pushed me over the edge and I immediately started coloring my hair. Heck, it was the last thing I still had control over