Do you miss certain phases of your life?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238364)
Walnut Creek, California
March 25, 2019 1:39pm CST
I remember Crosby Stills and Nash singing "Don't let the past/remind us of what we are not now," or something like that. But I admit that I sometimes miss certain phases of my life.
I sometimes miss my Graduate School days, when I was part of a really cool Lab doing interesting research.
I sometimes miss the days when I was really into softball, and couldn't wait for the next game or tournament. (I still play, but not with the same enthusiasm.)
I miss playing with the other kids on the block after school in Chicago.
And yes, I sometimes miss my horse days, when I'd take friends out to visit my horse and her horse friends.
I'll attach a picture of my young neighbor friend visiting the miniature horses at our stable (which has since closed down). He must have been four or five at the time.
Can you think of certain phases of your life that you miss, even if things are going well now?
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@wolfgirl569 (136008)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Mar 19
Only when I still had my oldest boy too. The loss of him overshadowed everything else.
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@wolfgirl569 (136008)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Mar 19
@TheHorse I hope you never understand it. No one should ever have too.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Mar 19
How about everything before age 50?
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 Mar 19
my university days, my student exchange visits, my trip to Canada, my English Civil War re-enactment days
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 Mar 19
@TheHorse N eat, I took on cavalry in English Civil War Shows - seen American Civil War shows, and the movie Gettysburg too
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@TheHorse (238364)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Mar 19
@arthurchappell Sometimes I wish I'd been around for the post-war cattle drives from Texas to Montana.
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@Marilynda1225 (91169)
• United States
26 Mar 19
There are times when I miss my younger self and had boundless energy and no aches or pains. It would be nice going back to when my children were little just for a short visit. I certainly wouldn't want to do the whole child raising thing again.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
12 Apr 19
@TheHorse
I have watched a lot of shows with horses in it but I still am not a horse person. No offense to you Mr. Horse. I am a cats and dogs and dolphin person. I guess if I missed anything it would be when I was growing up in Minneapolis there was an area we called The North Side or Near North Side where there was a nice Jewish Community and we got along and then grew up and it was never the same again because riots came and Jews moved to the suburbs.
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@BarBaraPrz (51838)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Mar 19
I miss my early childhood. It was so idylic... or seems so in hindsight.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Mar 19
I miss my first "real" workplace when I started college - the co-worker friends, the whole atmosphere. It was an art supply / framing store . . . and there I met my now Hubby.
I also miss my figure skating days in my mid 20s - mid 30s. I was in the best shape and I absolutely loved training on the ice every morning and night. Met a lot of nifty folks and skaters.
I miss the day of my babies being babies!
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@TheHorse (238364)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Mar 19
I was just talking on the phone with an old friend. We miss the lazy Summer days at a Farm Camp we attended together in Michigan. We'd ride horses, catch painted turtles on the lake, and catch frogs in the stream. At rest time, we'd reach Archie and Superman comic books.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
25 Mar 19
Love the photo! I sometimes miss the kids being small, but I had more energy back then.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
26 Mar 19
@TheHorse To me the listening part was great, it was the energy needed to cook, clean, baths, later homework, Boy and Girl Scouts, school activities, church activities, and the list was endless! But I still miss it.
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@TheHorse (238364)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Mar 19
@1creekgirl I all just sounds so full of...life!
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@JudyEv (382555)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Mar 19
@TheHorse When we stop travelling so much it would be nice to have another sheep or two. They are very little trouble. I have a bad back but not chronic pain but it doesn't take much to make it play up so I won't be getting back into horses.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Mar 19
I have lived a complicated life, So I look forward to better, a better 50 years.
No I won`t go into my complicated life on mylot.
I did love my teen years, they were fun.
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
25 Mar 19
I miss the days when my children were small.
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