Julie Stauffer

The only one that has bothered me so far was turning 19. Isn't that weird?
But I was so aware of moving into adulthood, I truly mourned the loss of my
adolescence. I had it figured that you had a lot of fun growing up, got
married, had some kids, hung around for awhile and died. Didn't seem like
much to look forward to.

I have always had a very, very strong sense of my mortality. I remember
thinking even as a kid "OK, I have used up such and such fraction of my
life." Helps keep me very much living in the moment.

Julie--who now has trouble recalling how old she is unless she does the
math, but thinks 38 is about right :)