Good for you on the attitude shift. I could use a dose of that.
I am 35 and having my third child. I will be 52 when they are 17 (and my poor hubby almost 60). So although I am not wishing my children grown quickly or any of that, I reckon it would be pretty awesome to be turning 40 and your kids mostly grown. Imagine the possibilities!
Grass is greener and all that!
Must be something about turning 40 that makes one review things about life. I am bad for making comparisons with others too, but now I notice myself doing it and give myself a mental kick in the arse. I have 3 boys, and will be 54 when the youngest is 18. That's not old, but I do feel impatient occasionally for the time to come when the children are all independent.
You aren't alone. I have thoughts like that all the time. I'm always reminding myself that if I'm not losing sleep at night worrying than what I'm doing must be ok even if it doesn't compare to everyone else the same.
I love that idea of a change of attitude instead of a resolution, resolutions don't work out too well for me.
Cute socks!
Hi Jussi
don't worry, 40 is good. You seem to have accomplished a lot in your life so far, whatever is good for you is your success. Don't worry about others and what they have done in whatever age they are. Have a great 40th in 5 weeks time. I am 48 my eldest turned 28 last week and youngest is 24 and I am going to be a grandma this year. Enjoy everything you do and have. (Boy I should take my own advice). Take care. By the way the hat and socks look great.
"she's older but she looks younger than me" - you're talking about me, right?
Presumably you don't much conside what people might say about themselves when they compare their own achievements with yours - I'm quite convinced you come out on top in most instances!
And absolutely I won't be drumming it into my daughter that 'motherhood ruins your life' (I'm sure she meant 'changes' your life) like my mother told me. If I had have known I would have loved it so much I would have started earlier and had more.
My parents have such strong relationships with my chilren, brought about mostly by being so young when they had me and thus being relatively youthful grandparents. If my kids don't have children in their twenties I'm afraid any relationship I have with my own grandchildren will be from a nursing home.
(Or, if I'm very lucky, from a yacht on the French Riviera, drunk on champagne and skinny as a rake ...)
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