How strange is life

Nope I did not become a princess. Nope I did not live in a million dollar house with a cook and gardener besides all the maids. I never thought I would be where I am now, owning what I do and being as strong as I am....... but being a Princess would have been nice.

I wanted to marry Prince Charming, have children and live happily ever after. Sadly my Prince Charming turned out to be a frog but I did get wonderful kids and my life has been pretty happy. Turned out I didn't need the frog

I wanted to have lots of children and be rich. I had lots of children. Six which is a lot to me.

I remember being a kid ant thinking that 50 years was a VERY OLD age and not sure I would have made it.

Yes, I did have expectations, to one day be a farmer and married to Prince Charles. Now I'm satisfied to live in a small city, the mother of two wonderful adults, and called 'Grandma' by most of my younger friends. I loved working with mentally challenged students, in an assisted living home and running a licensed daycare home, while my own kids were still at home. It was different than I'd expected, fell down at times, then got back up. I'm glad God isn't done with me yet. Marriage, it's a challenge, too.

Still growing up

I honestly don't remember what my expectations were. I think I wanted to get married and be a librarian. I did get married and stay married, but I became a teacher for a few years before becoming a bookseller, a parent, and a bookseller again. I did not expect that my children would die before I did. I never really thought about my parents getting old, becoming a caregiver for my mom, and then getting old myself. I just wasn't thinking that far ahead.

I wanted to be married and have children, I have certainly accomplished that. We have accomplished so much more than I ever anticipated so I guess that is success!!

The things I thought of as a kid about growing up were: 1. I would have money to buy things! (haha what a joke!) 2. I would be able to buy a car and drive anywhere I wanted to (yeah, drive my kids all over town) 3. Make my own rules and stay up as late as I want (I'm lucky to make it past 9pm these days) This adulting thing is hard. Can I go back to being a kid again?

Nothing is like I hoped. I expected to have a good job, lots of money and never have a worry about anything. Life gave me just the opposite.

i have always wished and dreamed of being a nurse, and i am now.

Thought growing up was going to be like the fairy tales. Find prince charming, be in love, have kids and a nice big house with a fenced deck and a gazebo in the back yard to chill in.. nothing is how i thought

I would have liked to be married and have a large family - but that was not to be. My first marriage turned me off of ever getting married again.

I was expecting before that I will become a teacher , having a good life with my parents and my brothers and sisters . But that's not what happened, I studied Aircraft Mechanical engineering. They want me to become Air Force but I quit I am now in Baguio City living alone and working as office secretary.

I did not get to be a ballet dancer or a singer like Shirley Bassey but never mind there are lots of things that I would not change even though they have turned out the way they have.

I am now living in the future I was dreaming of when I was a child.. But no one told me that when you get to 60 and above and you seem to have it all ... you'd often wonder and ask, "Where's all the years gone?"...and you often wish that your are ten years younger ... lol.. that's how it is with me anyway..

As a child I remember saying I wanted to have 7 boys, I had 3. But there were many other aspirations made in my teenage years that were fulfilled

I was feeling lost while growing up. I had no idea what I was going to do to earn a living but over time I learned hard work paid in the long run. I had a good working career but went for balance with family time not sacrificed. So I may have ended up better than I had imagined when I was young - siva