I think 39 feels a whole lot like 29 so nothing but smiles in front of you I hope. I took 29 kind of hard, as a signal of growing up but my 30's have been great. For me, 40 is just around the corner and I happen to think it feels just like 29. Well I don't look exactly the same but with the help of perfect 10 hair color and bare minerals I'm good. I can now look at the past 10 years with a smile and say not much has changed. I've paid down a good amount on my house, I am secure enough to say what I mean and mean what I say and don't tolerate other people's nonsense like I did before, I have some new 'old' friends' and I haven't seemed to mess up my kids or marriage ... which were all worries when I was 29 and holding 2 babies. Also, I am still the same person inside. Sure my life is squeaky clean because I've been wearing my Mom hat but by the time my next milestone, 50, rolls around, my kids' will be grown and hopefully I can go back to staying out late dancing all night with my DH and our friends... my 40's will be great, or so I hope!
So here's to your next 10 enjoy 'em.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I LOVE my 30s. In my teens and 20s, I was a shy little people pleaser. I let myself be bullied. I let my mother and grandmother influence the way I was raising my kids way too much. Since dh didn't want to go anywhere (like my parents didn't when I was growing up) I had never traveled. I didn't have much of a personality of my own.
Something happened at 30, though! I came out of my shell. It tell my dh I became a *****, and I like it! I am a much more laid back mother to the new baby, and let the well meaning advice of others go through one ear and out the other! And I started taking my kids and traveling by myself, including to WDW!
At 36, I've started looking forward to my 40s. My mother and older sisters tell me not to, that their eyes and bodies started falling apart at 40. I don't know-I'm thinking it won't be too bad!
At 36, I've started looking forward to my 40s. My mother and older sisters tell me not to, that their eyes and bodies started falling apart at 40. I don't know-I'm thinking it won't be too bad!