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Have you ever sat down and thought, "Who am I?"  That should be a clue that I am having a major identity crisis.  I am in my middle thirties.  Right smack in the middle. 35, treinta y cinco, vifendertig, trente-cinq, trettirem.  I thought the other day, "Does 35 sound better in a different language?"  I took Spanish for years and treinta y cinco is still 35.  The only cool thing about treinta is the r sound it makes in Spanish. My husband jokes that I am half way to 70, which is really not funny. I'm not sure of how long I will live but life expectancy in America is around 78.  As I look into it more I am thankful I am not in central Africa where life expectancy is in the 40's. I would not have many more years ahead.  Then I look at the countries with longer life expectancy in the 80's and wonder what is going on in Germany, France, Australia, and Japan. Spain has a longer life expectancy too, maybe 35 does sound better in Spanish. I feel like I am a