And honestly? That is way more fabulous than plastic heels ever were.

You have been through enough life now to have a few "splits" that didn't heal right. You have the drawer in the kitchen with the mismatched Tupperware lids. Your hair has grays (that you may or may not embrace). You have lost the corvette keys more times than you care to admit. The 40-something Barbie doesn't care about being pristine in the box anymore. She is out of the box, drawn on with Sharpie, and still standing—even if she is a little bit crooked.

But now that we are Barbie’s age (arguably, she’s perpetually frozen at 19, but let’s be real—we’ve aged, she hasn’t), looking at her hits differently.