50 things at fifty!
WOMAN'S OWN|September 12, 2022
Dawn Lewis, 51, ticked off a bucket list to celebrate her milestone birthday
By Rachel Tompkins
50 things at fifty!

Scrolling through Facebook in June 2021, I noticed an advert pop up for a pack of cards called 50 Things To Do When You Are 50. I was a week away from my 50th birthday and I’d already decided I wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. I’d imagined having a 1980s-themed party but COVID-19 restrictions meant I couldn’t see anyone. So, I bought the cards!

A few days later, a little black box arrived. I put it on the kitchen table and my husband Andrew, then 54, and our children Hannah, 22, and Alan, 20, gathered around as I opened it. Inside were 50 little envelopes, 45 of them with suggestions of things to do and five blank cards to make up your own challenges. ‘Better get planning!’ I beamed.

‘Do something scary,’ Hannah read from another card. ‘Skydive?’ she suggested with a cheeky grin. In all my five decades, I would’ve immediately and firmly said no. But, I reasoned, you’re only 50 once…

HOT-AIR BALLOON

Before the sun had risen on 6 May 2022, my sister Diane, then 48, and I drove to Petworth in West Sussex for our maiden flight in a hot-air balloon. As well as ticking off the ‘take a trip in a hot-air balloon’ card, it was also a celebration of 30 years since Diana had had a kidney transplant. The pilot lit the burner around 6am, and we slowly rose into the sky. Climbing higher and higher, we watched as the clouds cleared and the sky turned a warm, orange colour and the sun began to appear. It was an incredible morning.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة September 12, 2022 من WOMAN'S OWN.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.