never too late?

i just had a moment - the ones that lead me here. a dear old family friend got married last weekend and i was moved to tears over a blog post her friend wrote about her. she's a kid - like everyone under 30, i guess. my little sister's age. just a pup. but the blog post revealed that she's grown into a thoughtful, inspirational woman. and it makes me....it makes me want to use the word woman more. to say hello, i am an adult woman and here is what i think. here is how i feel. here is what i am all about. and yet also makes me feel like i need to recapture youth. to have been as wise as she clearly is. it's god. it's faith. it's being ever-present and in the moment. i think a lot of my friends would put me there. would say i can connect. but i am starting to slowly realize i can connect with them - with people...but have to start connecting with myself. i have a decent self-image on the outside but the blog post made me realize i have a lot of clean up to do on the inside. and it's never too late, right? so i didn't know it at 23 or 27...or maybe i did. maybe i am being too hard on myself. but it's true - success isn't a huge step in the future, it's a small step right now. if you think can or you think you can't, you're probably right. so here goes...