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Shortly I will be turning 40! Can this be? Is this the halfway mark? What a scary thought. I don't feel 40 and people tell me I don't look it. But oh! What a life I have had to this point. I have achieved so much that I set out to do and find my life to have been filled with much excitement and happiness without forgetting that little bit of pain thrown in for good measure.
Here are some of the most significant and memorable forty moments of my life so far (in no particular order):
1-I had a wonderful childhood full of fun, love and laughter
2-ducked and weaved in a helicopter over Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
3-"triple thrillerd" in NZ - helicoper, white water rafted, jet boat
4-my Year 8 class and I receiving a letter from Nelson Mandela
5-appeared on "A Current Affair" when Hugh was a baby
6-lived in Papua New Guniea aged 11
7- took four tablets every day for a year due to TB contact
8-slept on a rustic boat deck on the Okavango River in Botswana
9-went shopping on the floating markets in Bangkok
10-walked around Ayres Rock
11-watched the sunset in five continents
12-travelled to every state in Australia
13-sipped cocktails in Tahiti
14-trekked across glaciers in New Zealand
15-thrived on a month bus trip throughout Europe
16-made the crossing across the perilous Irish Sea
17-rode a bicycle in Honolulu
18-became a revered school teacher and role model to many
19-taught all girls for some of the happiest years of my life
20-had a masai warrior claim my hair was precious like a lion's mane
21-married to my best friend and soul mate
22-gave birth naturally to two adorable children
23-cruised for a week down the Nile River, Egypt
24-was taken out to dinner by two US airforce boys in Mombasa, Kenya
25-thrilled at seeing the "big 5" in Africa
26-took in the view from Table Mountain Capetown, South Africa
27-had a monkey crawl onto and go to sleep in my lap in Zimbabwe
28-visited Karen Blixen's house in Nairobi, Kenya
29-lived and worked for almost two years in Namibia, Africa
30-fallen asleep to the beat of the African drum and protests of hippos
31-hitch hiked 200km to get food and water
32-fled Africa for fear of being assaulted
33-returned home to have counselling for not adjusting back to "normal life"
34-walked the golden mile Edinburgh, Scotland
35-completed a Bachelor of Education at Melbourne University
36-went swimming in the Okavango River surrounded by kids and crocs
37-celebrated Christmas in Venice, Italy and New Year's in Germany
38-met and married within six months of our first introduction
39-I was going to be the mother of all girls - I had a boy - and it is great
40-have spent seven happy years at home caring for my children
Looking back now I can hardly believe that I have done some of these things. But I am so happy and proud of what I set out to do and what I have accomplished in these forty years. I am sure the next forty will be just as memorable surrounded by the love of my precious family.
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