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Javacia N. Harris

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I'm a journalist living in Louisville, Kentucky, but I moved here from California and I was born and bred in Birmingham, Alabama. This means I often use the words "dude" and "y'all" in the same sentence. You've been warned. If you want to read the stuff I write to pay the rent, visit www.courier...

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Forever Young

I’ve always looked young for my age. Even now I’m still occasionally carded when I order a drink. When I was in my teens and even my early 20s it annoyed me that people always thought I was at least five years younger than I really was. But eventually I began to view my baby face as my very own fountain of youth.

But now I have smile lines that I can’t hide with makeup and a litany of other things that remind me of just how many years I’ve seen fall from the calendar. Some examples: My younger brother uses slang I don't understand; I either don't know or don’t like nearly every song on the radio; I can no longer step foot in Claire's or Forever 21; I have arthritis; I worry about life insurance. You get the idea.

Don’t get me wrong. I know in the big scheme of things I’m still considered really young. If I had died when that car hit me last month it would have been viewed as a great tragedy of a life taken too soon, blah, blah, blah.

And here’s the other thing. Up until recently I was totally stoked about the idea of getting older. I've already started planning my big 30th birthday bash and I'm not even 28. But 30 has always represented this golden age at which I figured I would be successful, secure and fabulous. But as 30 gets closer and I realize how far I am from realizing my dreams I suddenly wish I was in college again.

On the bright side December is just around the corner, which means I'll soon start crafting my ridiculously long and unrealistic list of goals for 2009 and that will cheer me up and keep me busy for a while. 

In fact, perhaps my dreams, and not my baby face, are my true fountain of youth.

xoxo,                                                                                                

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