My oldeset is 10 (and so very pre-teen) and my baby is 5 now. I AM SOO OLD! When did this happen? I don't remember going from young fresh new mom to middle aged mother of three. How did that sneak up on me like that? I am now the age of those women who taught me when I was a teenager and I remember thinking that they were just so old. I am the age my mom was when she had her 7th kid and she seemed so much older than I am now. I can't stay up past 11:00 p.m. without really feeling it the next day. I HAVE TO WATCH THE WEATHER EVERY NIGHT! I am that old lady! I don't do spur of the moment anymore (except when my friend Karlene makes me :) I have found 5 gray hairs so far and there is no doubt that I have started to get those wrinkles around my eyes. This is a little scary to me people!! I'm not sure I am ready to be in this phase of my life yet.
But I guess I really have no choice. I'm here. And I guess if I look back at the last 10 years of my life and what brought me here, I have accomplished alot to be proud of. I personally think I've got some great kids and I am going to take a little credit for that. My husband is a wonderful person ( I take no credit for that. That was all Craig and Kristine Ritchie), but I did support him through law school, 2 job changes and 7 moves. All of that has shaped me and helped me get to this point in my life. And I have discovered that as a grown woman and am good with young kids, pretty good at home improvement projects, I can find my way around a tool box, and I can decorate the heck out of a home. I also have discovered that I am pretty capable of handling most stressful situations with maturity. I suppose all of that comes with getting old. So I guess I'll take it. I AM OLD AND I AM PROUD OF IT!!!
7 comments:
You are not old....don't worry! You are AMAZING and I am so lucky to have you as my sister-in-law....my brother is so lucky too. :)
Have I mentioned that I love you! Awesome post.
I am not going to admit this yet. Denial, sistah. I'm only old if I feel it. Wait, did I say that...?
YOU ARE NOT OLD!
But really I can't believe that she is 10. Wasn't it just yesterday that we were newlyweds?
Inspiring! As so many old people are! Hahaha!
You are so not old!!
"Middle-aged"?? I think not! It's strange - in my brain, I'm 18 still. But my body is like, "Um, I can't keep up with you, brain." And you're right - there are good things that come of aging. I like who I am now better than who I was 10 years ago, for sure.
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