Hoda Kotb.Hoda Kotbcan’t get over how “glorious” turning 59 is.On Monday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, the co-host reflected on how much she’s grateful for after celebrating her birthday on August 9.“I am so happy to be 59 this year. I feel so good about it,” she said. “If you’re worried about aging, and I know aging’s a thing, 59 is amazing. It’s an amazing year.”“When I woke up and I thought about it, I closed my eyes and I imagined and pictured what I have around me,” Kotb continued. “I was thinking to myself, I’m 59 years old, I have two incredible kids, I’ve got my mom here, I’ve got my sister, my brother, nieces, sister-in-law, and I kept thinking to myself, I’m smiling. I’m closing my eyes and I’m smiling. And if you do that, you know that there’s a lot of good things ahead.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“I feel like this year is going to be fantastic,” she said. “I’m not like, ‘Ooo, how old?’Haleywas screaming, ‘My mom is 59,’ and I’m like, ‘Yes, I am!’ I am, I am, and I’m so glad I get to be this.”Kotb added that it’s important to think about daily life rather than being focused on the future, which is what she’s been doing more of lately.“Instead of being filled with fear of aging, you’re living with the awesomeness of it” co-hostJenna Bush Hagersaid before Kotb added, “Yes! Who cares! Look, life is a blink. Turn around, watch what’s happening.”She boasted, “59 is glorious!”
Hoda Kotb.
Hoda Kotbcan’t get over how “glorious” turning 59 is.On Monday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, the co-host reflected on how much she’s grateful for after celebrating her birthday on August 9.“I am so happy to be 59 this year. I feel so good about it,” she said. “If you’re worried about aging, and I know aging’s a thing, 59 is amazing. It’s an amazing year.”“When I woke up and I thought about it, I closed my eyes and I imagined and pictured what I have around me,” Kotb continued. “I was thinking to myself, I’m 59 years old, I have two incredible kids, I’ve got my mom here, I’ve got my sister, my brother, nieces, sister-in-law, and I kept thinking to myself, I’m smiling. I’m closing my eyes and I’m smiling. And if you do that, you know that there’s a lot of good things ahead.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“I feel like this year is going to be fantastic,” she said. “I’m not like, ‘Ooo, how old?’Haleywas screaming, ‘My mom is 59,’ and I’m like, ‘Yes, I am!’ I am, I am, and I’m so glad I get to be this.”Kotb added that it’s important to think about daily life rather than being focused on the future, which is what she’s been doing more of lately.“Instead of being filled with fear of aging, you’re living with the awesomeness of it” co-hostJenna Bush Hagersaid before Kotb added, “Yes! Who cares! Look, life is a blink. Turn around, watch what’s happening.”She boasted, “59 is glorious!”
Hoda Kotbcan’t get over how “glorious” turning 59 is.
On Monday’s episode ofToday with Hoda & Jenna, the co-host reflected on how much she’s grateful for after celebrating her birthday on August 9.
“I am so happy to be 59 this year. I feel so good about it,” she said. “If you’re worried about aging, and I know aging’s a thing, 59 is amazing. It’s an amazing year.”
“When I woke up and I thought about it, I closed my eyes and I imagined and pictured what I have around me,” Kotb continued. “I was thinking to myself, I’m 59 years old, I have two incredible kids, I’ve got my mom here, I’ve got my sister, my brother, nieces, sister-in-law, and I kept thinking to myself, I’m smiling. I’m closing my eyes and I’m smiling. And if you do that, you know that there’s a lot of good things ahead.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“I feel like this year is going to be fantastic,” she said. “I’m not like, ‘Ooo, how old?’Haleywas screaming, ‘My mom is 59,’ and I’m like, ‘Yes, I am!’ I am, I am, and I’m so glad I get to be this.”
Kotb added that it’s important to think about daily life rather than being focused on the future, which is what she’s been doing more of lately.
“Instead of being filled with fear of aging, you’re living with the awesomeness of it” co-hostJenna Bush Hagersaid before Kotb added, “Yes! Who cares! Look, life is a blink. Turn around, watch what’s happening.”
She boasted, “59 is glorious!”
source: people.com
