yep turning 32, I don't know that its a particularly thrilling age to be turning, seems a bit of a non event in some ways, its my 6th birthday in a row that I have been pregnant or breastfeeding, so yet again no celebratory glass of bubbles.
Its also hard because this year is 5 years since my Grandma died. I still miss her heaps she had a big influence on my life and some of the decisions that I have made. It was Grandma who convinced me when I was at a huge low that maybe it was time to start a family, it was Grandma who was one of my biggest supporters at University, and I am glad that she did see me graduate and that she met Miss K.
So I sit here on the eve of my birthday and think about what I have done, what I want to do, and what maybe I shouldn't have done... I have done all sorts of things, have been on the governing council of the Labour party, completed a university degree and my teaching diploma, had three gorgeous children, been married to an awesome man for 11 years, been a women's rep on various groupings/committees, lost some people very close to me, suffered 3 major depressive episodes, watched my Mum go through heart surgery, laughed with my sister, watched Bathurst with my Dad.....
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I was 32 when I had my first baby - it's something I wish we had been able to do earlier (we had a run-in with the fertility gods).
32 is a good place to be - a bit grown-up, a bit more sure of who you are and what you want to do, a bit more comfortable in your own skin. And you've done an enormous amount in those 32 years.
Happy birthday!
Hey Happy Birthday!
You can always have some other kind of bubbles - sparkling grape juice or apple juice! :-)
mmm sparkling grape juice... i like drinking it... I can still have bubble baths too... :)
Thanks both of you for the birthday wishes. its a lovely sunny autumn day here which makes it a bit nicer
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