I was just going through some pictures and I realized I have really aged in the past few years.It seems like I have really aged after my third child, I was 34 when I had her, pregnancy wasn't as easy as the other ones. I have been pregnant a total of 5 times, (miscarry in 1998 and stillborn in 2002). I guess stress and worry could play a big role in the aging process. I don't think anyone likes the thought of getting old or looking old. We don't realize how fast time goes until you look at pictures and think back into the past. It seems like it's only been about 10 years ago since I was a teenager in school... and then it smacks me in the face when i look at my son and realize it has been almost 20 years. He will be 20 years old in February...I don't feel like I'm almost 40, (I won't say that in the morning though...) I think I'm still in my 20's until the young ones come around...they seem like babies these days. I never acted that immature when i was their age...really i didn't, i was a mom at 16.
People today..well, teens today take life for granted. We are only here for a very short time and you better make something of the time you have. These teenagers think life is all about sex and drugs...(we'll leave the rock and roll out of this one..lol) Just take a moment when you haven't gotten anything to do and look at the regional jail inmates...check out their ages and what they look like, drugs make a 20 year old look like they are almost 50...I usually glance through the ages and pick one that is close to my age and i would never guess they were as young as me. Its awful to think that their life is so bad that they have to stay completely messed up all the time. It's sad to be honest.
I have had many lectures about drugs to my son and I can only pray that he realizes that he is important in this world and someone somewhere was or will be influenced by him, I try to teach my kids to be a role model because they are few and far between these days, there's not a lot of positive role models left. So far I am very proud of the man my son is and who he is becoming. I can only hope that he will talk to his future children and never shut up about what is right and wrong, no matter if they have heard it before...tell them again.
I have turned this post into something I wasn't expecting it to be but that is me, I am always getting off the subject...maybe thats why my phone conversations last for hours...hmmm...maybe i do talk to much.
well anyway here is the pictures i stumbled across....lol Not getting old...just wiser.
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| 1980... (I'm on the left). age 2'ish |
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| 2001...age 23...6 years after my first child, (I'm on the left again.) |
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| 2009..age 31...5 years after my second child |
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2013...age 35...7 months after my third child and after the hair cut,,,lol
This is the most i have ever weighed...but I am now on the road to weight loss and growing out my hair, I was about 170 lbs in the last picture here. I am making progress, slowly but surely...I now weigh between 145 and 150 lbs (I cut out the junk food and dark pop). My hair is not as long as I wish it would be, but it is getting there...I will never cut it again!...LOL. I liked my hair short but where I have naturally curly hair it's a hassle to keep it straightened, especially when it was that short.
P.S. (I absolutely hate taking pictures of myself...so not into the whole "selfie" thing. A whole different generation for me).


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