Looking back..

I was 2 years into my path by the time I turned 18. I am Mother. It's that simple and that complicated. Long story but to sum it up, this is what I am and what I was meant to be. The only thing I thought I would have done was finish that book I keep writing. Maybe I still will, maybe not. But the story of my family is well written and everything I could have wanted for my life.

Hi stacyv! haha..There's a big difference in terms of career path. I have been career oriented and now I am a plain housewife with a few small business activities/ventures on the side. Looking back when I was around 18-20, I have a different set of goals then and I am very ambitious and goal-driven. I have set a high standard for myself and always followed a career path that will lead me to success. But then, I fell in love and everything changed slowly. I made compromises but still pushed with my goals however, over the years I found myself walking another road which lead me to where I am now. The mistakes I made, the decisions that I have chosen and all those in betweens that happened unexpectedly were all part of how my character and personality was built and molded. Oh, I do have some regrets here and there but I don't lose sleep because of that. Maybe they are just wishful thinking of how I should had done that, done this and not this and that but looking at my life now, I am content yet lacking. haha..I am very much contented with my family and friends but I do admit I am lacking some financial security. Take care and have a great day! lovelots..faith

well it might have been different but we'd never kwn how it might have turned out cuz no oen can predict the future happy lottin and have a nice day

My life has done a full 360 since that age! I did start to follow my dream but that changed after I tried my dream! My dream wasn't what I thought it would be and I didn't like it! Now I'm in a career I like and will stay in until I retire! I think back and I think I had to try to find out what was my dream job would be like! If I didn't I wouldn't be where I am now! I'm happier and that I made the switch!

Stacy- I got married as soon as I turned 18, to what ended up being the wrong man. I wouldn't take back the four wonderful children I had with him. I had 3 miscarriages when we were first married which made life to start a living nightmare just because of some family issues on his side of the family. A lot of comments like "See, you're too young to have children". I had my first daughter when I was 20 and it was a ray of sunshine that her name reflects that. I had already been in college, but in a degree program that I wasn't happy with. At 18 I didn't know what I wanted to be in life so I bounced from one thing to another. I really was idealistic and romantic. I thought my life would be something like Jane Eyre or Sense & Sensibility. I did get them, but my life gave me more respect for what Jane really went through. I ended in a very abusive first marriage, story in itself. However, I think it shaped me and how I think today. I think I'm still a romantic and idealist, yet with a shade of reserve. I think it taught me to temper my flare for life with a healthy dose of reality. Namaste-Anora