32 tomorrow

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.....

3 comments:

Deborah said...
May 3, 2009 at 8:34 PM

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!

Puerhan said...
May 4, 2009 at 10:14 AM

Hey Happy Birthday!

You can always have some other kind of bubbles - sparkling grape juice or apple juice! :-)

Azlemed said...
May 4, 2009 at 10:37 AM

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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