There is one specific thing about homeowning that I didn’t take seriously when I bought my house: yard work. Yes, I knew it would be required, but I didn’t consider the investment and commitment to maintaining a beautiful yard. My Daddy has always kept an impeccable yard. I still remember the loud roar of the riding mower on Saturday mornings…
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Forty. 40. Four-tee. 4-0. I keep rolling this number over my tongue. Tasting it. Trying to see what it feels like to say it. No matter how I tell it to myself and others, it’s the same thing. I am officially a forty-year-old woman. I’ve been saying “I’m almost forty” for a few years, but now that the day has…