I appreciate this article Ipshita. I truly felt like life was finally beginning for me at 40. That doesn't mean that it is all roses and I certainly have my struggles, but I really did feel like I could finally live a life true to me. I also got excited with the prospect of 40 more years of life, opposed to the only 20 that I had lived as an adult to that point. Sometimes I have a panic attack when I realize that I'm getting closer to 50 now, but all I can do is keep putting one foot in front of the other and know that I am walking my path to the best of my ability. The rest doesn't matter.