I am participating in Finish the Sentence Friday with Janine's Confessions Of A Mommyaholic. I have participated when I have time. The prompts are all so fantastic! You should read some of the posts. They are a great bunch of bloggers and you just never know what kind of sentences they will come up with.
When I was younger, I wanted to be a mommy. That was my biggest desire. I also wanted to travel and see the world.
With Child #3
I have really been able to live my dreams. I have spent over 40 years raising children. I married right out of high school at 17. I had my daughter at 18, then my sons at 20, and 22. Since my first husband died when I was 24, I spent the next decade raising my children. When I was 40 I had my youngest son. So here I am coming up to 59 in a few months and I have been raising my own children since I was 18. I have been a mommy for a long time.
Wow, I look young and skinny!! With my three older children.
I have also gotten to travel quite a bit over the years. I hope to travel much more during the rest of my life. I have posted about some of my travels.
Now I am more concerned with what I want to be when I get older.
I am going to have a house with no children, what a strange thought that is for me. So what will I do with the rest of my life. I am not ready to sit and do nothing. My son has kept me really busy for so long and all of my activities have been associated with him. We have had so much fun. My husband and I will be lonely for a while.
With My Mom and Child #4. Okay I guess I do look 40. Mom died when he was 3.
I have seen so many of my friends lives slow down and they seem to be getting old! I don't want to slow down at this point. I want to enjoy life. Most of the people I spend time with are parents of my son's friends. They are all much younger and much more active.
Will I slow down since I don't have a younger person in the house any longer? I don't think so! I can hang out with my grandsons and do fun things with them.
I will be concentrating on What I Want To Do When I Get Older! How about you? What do you want to do when you get older?
Oh I loved this and I do know what you mean, because I can go back and discuss all about being younger, but the truth is I should be concentrating on the many years to come and loved how you nicely pointed that out here. Sounds like you do have so much to look forward to and thank you for sharing and linking up with us again. Have a wonderful weekend, too!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Janine. I enjoy this blog hop so much. I do have lots to look forward too and I a sure you do too.
DeleteWhen I get older, I want to wear lots of leopard print and write books and keep learning. That first picture (with child #3) is so cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks I love that pic too! I hope when the day comes to see lots of pics on your blog. I think you have several years before you get old though.
DeleteYou don't look 40 at all in the pic w/your youngest.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I want to do when I'm old...I know I do want to get old though. :)
With a baby I really felt 40 at times. The physical part was easier when I was younger, but I had so much fun. Yes I want to get old too! I want to be around for a long time with my family.
DeleteI want to be retired! I want it so bad! I want to read! I want to go to a nearby neonatal ward and volunteer time rocking babies. I want to do longer walks during the day. I want to sit on the patio, in the shade, and enjoy my garden and read. I want to enjoy all of the museums within 1-2 hour drive around me. I want to spend more time at the beach. I NEED TO RETIRE. (have to wait a little over 4 more years though. le sigh.)
ReplyDeleteI wish you could retire today. You have great plans, it sounds like you are so ready. And you plan to stay active and involved. That's great, it means you will never truly grow old.
DeleteI'm a slow down kind of person. I don't like to rush (anymore) I guess I'd like to maintain that with some traveling ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's great! I guess I feel like it I slow down I won't get started again. I tend to rush and try to get as many things as possible into a day.
DeleteI really like the photo of you and mom with your son. When I get older I want to be a grandmother and travel. Wait I'm already older but no grand kids yet :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I love that pic too. Since mom wasn't around too long after that I don't have many good pics with her and my youngest. She still was fairly healthy in that pic too!
DeleteI don't think you look 40 in your photo at all! I'm jealous about how long you've been a mom. For a variety of reasons, I didn't get to become a mom until I was 40 (gah!) and my son is now three. I look forward to the coming years with him. Hanging with your grandsons sounds like a blast.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment! I hope your coming years with your son brings lot of joy. You may have started later but now your life is full. I know your son means the world to you.
DeleteAwe! When I was younger I DIDN'T want to be a Mommy. I'm so glad you had the opportunity to be both ad mommy and travel! Thanks for linking up with #FTSF this week. Hope you come back next week!
ReplyDeleteI have spent time traveling with my children over the years, so I have had the best of both worlds.
DeleteI loved that perspective! Not to mention all the photos- I am a huge fan of family photos, and I can't get enough of going through them. As my kids are still young, it is hard to imagine being at the stage where they will be leaving!
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DeleteBetty TaylorMay 17, 2013 at 9:46 PM
It will happen more quickly than you think. Just take time to enjoy your children. Thanks for stopping by.
I want to retire somewhere really laid back with a lot of land. But their better be a good hospital nearby just incase!
ReplyDeleteNow that's the way to think ahead. Gotta remember that. I hope you to do that. Do you have someplace in mind?
DeleteHow did you manage on your own with 3 kids? You look so good in your photo and healthy and relaxed too! I never feel relaxed, somehow, even though I adore all 4 of my kids. My 4th was born a bit later like your son. I think that once they start leaving home, which is soon for my eldest, I'll be looking forward to being a grandma. I'm sure you'll be a wonderful grandma! :) Thanks for leaving a comment on Amanda's Books and More!
ReplyDeleteI just saw now that you are a grandma. So, your youngest just had his prom? I saw the pics. Very sweet! My youngest is Amanda, age 5. I still have a ways to go before I'm an empty nester. :)
ReplyDeleteCute of pictures from the way back machine. Yes you will slow down, that's part of enjoying life. When we're younger we fly through things because we have to, finish this to fly off there to do x y z without time to really absorb things. I equate to stopping to smell the flowers. Slowing down, having a quiet house is enjoyable; not a bad or negative thing. What do you want to do next...have quiet time together and enjoy it for starters, the rest will probably take care of itself. All of sudden you realize you found new interest, things you want to explore, learn, places to go etc. It's a new and rather exciting chapter in your life story.I'm betting you'll find your equally as busy or busier...just in a different way. You'll have time to get your kids as people later on, not just as kids...that's a whole new chapter also. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteIf I could possibly look like you did with three kids in that photo, I would be very happy with myself. This was a good read for me since I'm just at the start. What a strong person you are to have done all that.
ReplyDeleteReading this as someone who is at the beginning of their parenting gave me a reality check. I think keeping up with your son's friends is a good thing. Also, if I could look as great as you did in your family photo, I would consider myself very lucky. I only have 2 kids and I look completely haggard most of the time!
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