tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post7071732860932889635..comments2023-08-26T10:05:22.123-05:00Comments on Goldenrod's thoughts: A golden age ... ...Goldenrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246352554498015300noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post-57859849777324445962008-04-14T11:45:00.000-05:002008-04-14T11:45:00.000-05:00Serious typos. Oh well. lolI think I might use t...Serious typos. Oh well. lol<BR/><BR/>I think I might use this idea on a blog post of my own down the road, if you don't mind. :)Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123765093917478478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post-77108183530386794342008-04-14T11:43:00.000-05:002008-04-14T11:43:00.000-05:00I've been thinking on this post since I read it. ...I've been thinking on this post since I read it. Very interesting subject......<BR/><BR/>If I could go back to one year in my life it would be the year I was 18. It was a big year for me. I left home and moved clear across the entire country to be a nanny in New York City. I had a lot of freedom, yet still felt a lot of security. I saw so many things, did so many things, discovered who I was, and learned a lot about myself. I think it was the happiest year of my life to date.<BR/><BR/>Now if I could choose one age in my life to be, I can say I am looking forward to my late forties and early fifties. I look forward to the kids being gone and me being able to visit them. I look forward to Monty and I being freer to do the things WE want to do. I love the kids, I love home schooling them, I made those choices of my own free will. But I feel like I've put ME on hold for a very long time. It will be nice to live for myself. Does that sound selfish? Probably. But I have given and will be giving up what I feel are probably my "best" years to the kids. Completely. And I don't feel bad about wanting time for myself in the future. Also, Monty and I have only known each other with kids involved in our lives. When they are gone, what will we think of each other? Not sure, but I'm looking forward to finding out.<BR/><BR/>So my one year that I've lived would be 18. My one year (or a few) that I am guessing at will the time shortly after the kids are gone.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123765093917478478noreply@blogger.com