50 years
I am 50 years old.
I’ve had half a century of life experience.
What do I have to show for this significant amount
of living?
20 years of growing up (challenging years that I
survived)
28+ years of marriage
26+ years of parenting
5 pregnancies
1 adoption journey (that took
3 years)
6 children
30 foster children
15 students I have taught in school
20+ years of formal teaching (homeschooling +
classroom)
A handful of treasured friends
18+ years of formal schooling as a student
1 completed novel (which sold dozens of copies)
1 CDA credential
1 house I have made into a home (+ 1 townhouse & 2
apartments)
4 states I have lived in (PA, OH, MO, FL)
40 years of struggling with exercise and weight
obsession
Zillions of mood swings and big emotions
1, 2, 3 mental illness diagnoses (depression,
anxiety, anorexia)
A lifetime of Catholicism
6 sacraments received (baptism, communion, reconciliation, confirmation, marriage, anointing of the sick)
A few miracles witnessed
Countless failures and mistakes (& with
every single one an opportunity to get up and try again)
Hello! I am so happy to see a post from you! You have had such an amazing life thus far, my friend. I enjoyed learning more about you, and happy to see we share many of the same accomplishments...teaching, homeschooling, marriage, children, the beauty of Catholicism, and even the heavy cross of mental health issues. I think of and pray for you, and hope you continue to write here often.
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