tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post302379443513151291..comments2023-04-27T08:26:25.215-07:00Comments on Making the Moments Count: To Becomeamber_mtmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17871256362646081536noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-74875582397570198442010-01-04T22:01:16.000-08:002010-01-04T22:01:16.000-08:00Are you sure you are only 22????? To 'become ...Are you sure you are only 22????? To 'become more at ease with yourself and your flaws" is such a wonderful thing. Happy New Year.Yvonnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-53609513209648127442010-01-02T01:41:05.000-08:002010-01-02T01:41:05.000-08:00How is it that you are more mature at 22 than I am...How is it that you are more mature at 22 than I am at 40?!! :)I was also a very serious and studious teenager and college student. In fact, I don't think I found my lighter side until I was in my mid-30's. I guess that's what kids do to you--you can't be serious among the hilarity and foibles of the children.Happy New Year!TKWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-37872299001483066582010-01-02T00:06:22.000-08:002010-01-02T00:06:22.000-08:00What wonderful words and thoughts! Strangely enou...What wonderful words and thoughts! Strangely enough, I have children older than you are and your age but I love reading your words. They take me back to a place in my life I sometimes miss - when the children were little and things slightly more simple.The past decade has been tumultuous at best. There were, as in the past year, ups and downs. While the downs probably outnumbered the ups, I am happy to say I lived these past ten years and am truly looking forward to the next ten.Nickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-11451488886146851272010-01-01T12:34:12.000-08:002010-01-01T12:34:12.000-08:00I so appreciate you and your "old soul."...I so appreciate you and your "old soul." I feel such a camaraderie with you and I'm a good decade older than you. (And I always thought *I* was old for my age!)The past decade brought me marriage, two children, a career I loved, and a hobby that has become a passion. I'm not sure how the next one will top it, but I'm looking forward to the challenges ahead.Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-90376482303166764182010-01-01T10:26:36.000-08:002010-01-01T10:26:36.000-08:00Ten years ago I was almost exactly where you are n...Ten years ago I was almost exactly where you are now. I was never much of a teenager, either. All the silly games seemed, well, silly. In the last decade I've added 4 more children and moved from poor medical student family to the doctor's wife (although I still find many of the "games" just a little too silly.)Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-83040009189641845302010-01-01T08:38:14.000-08:002010-01-01T08:38:14.000-08:00Hi Ambrosia, thank you for this lovely reflection ...Hi Ambrosia, thank you for this lovely reflection and these questions. I decade ago I was trapped in a job I hated and which I thought I'd never be free of. I wanted to be a writer but had never written a word. Nine years ago I took my first writing class and then got my master's in English five years ago, when I finally quit that job. Now I'm a writer. It was a decade about confronting fear and it taught me that you can run but you can't hide your whole life from your life's purpose.Linda Pressmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-21550544618618729822010-01-01T04:34:48.000-08:002010-01-01T04:34:48.000-08:00Thank you Jane! Old? Yes. Wise? Still working on t...Thank you Jane! Old? Yes. Wise? Still working on that.Ambrosianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-89573627361765178012010-01-01T04:11:40.000-08:002010-01-01T04:11:40.000-08:00What a beautiful, reflective post! And perfect for...What a beautiful, reflective post! And perfect for today. You may be young but you have a wise and wonderful old soul.theycallmejanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-53418963089994834282010-01-01T03:53:33.000-08:002010-01-01T03:53:33.000-08:00A wonderful post. You have so much ahead!As for ho...A wonderful post. You have so much ahead!As for how I've changed, I've covered it in the past 3 days of writing - more than sufficiently. Suffice it to say, I have survived, a bit the worse for wear, but I suppose with some wisdom. And my sons, despite a hard road - are my joy. My challenge, as I let them go more and more, will be to find a workable self, with the constraints that are part of my reality, that brings satisfaction and gives something back.Happy new year - to you and yours!BigLittleWolfnoreply@blogger.com