Jennifer Aniston celebrated her birthday on February 11th, and after receiving birthday wishes from friends and colleagues, she made a post on Instagram with a childhood photo to mark the occasion.

She expressed her gratitude in the caption of an Instagram post, along with an adorable black-and-white snapshot of herself as a child, in what appears to be a classroom setting.

“Thank you for all the beautiful birthday wishes!” she wrote. “This kid feels so grateful and so loved.”

Courteney Cox, Jennifer’s close friend, wished her on Instagram with an old photo, writing: “Happy birthday to my lifelong friend. Never has there been a more generous, loving, beautiful, talented, funny, loyal friend. I feel so lucky to have grown up with you.”

Jennifer Aniston had talked about the passage of time when she turned 50 in 2019, describing in detail how she felt entering a new decade of her life for the cover of InStyle magazine.

“Fifty was the first time I thought, ‘Well, this is the number,’” said the Morning Show actress to the magazine. “I don’t know why I don’t feel different.” She continued, “I feel physically amazing. So it’s strange when people suddenly say, ‘You look amazing for your age. I think we need to set some boundaries around this conversation and these words.’”

However, if there’s one thing she doesn’t like about aging, it’s the thought of losing her signature blonde hair color. “I’m not going to lie – I don’t want gray hair,” she had said back then.