For so many years I was stuck in the twenties. I looked like I was 24 when 34. People surprising looked at me when they found out I had four children and that they are not babies anymore. The reality that I had a mortgage to pay and a child in middle school felt like too much responsibility for my self indentifing 24 year old.
In his career, my husband for many years was younger than those around him. But the challenges of growing as a professional shaped him into a "grown up". Now he is seen as a leader.
We are not young anymore. We are our age. I really am my age. We are grown ups.