Here I am
August 28, 2007
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Over at Parenting I have a post up in a similar vein, about trying to merge the life imagined with the life we find ourself living.
I will never be cellulite, wrinkle, or grey hair free.
I will never backpack around Europe staying in hostels and trying to eat off of only $2 a day, collecting stamps in my passport the way other people collect Precious Moments figurines. Because in my spoiled old age I require the luxury of clean linens and having a bathroom in my room.
I will never fall in love for the first time again.
Posted by Chris @ 8:53 am
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I honestly think this is the best post I’ve ever read by you. And, believe me, I’ve read A LOT OF THEM! It was simply beautiful and I could so identify with those feelings - been having a lot of them myself lately. What great writing!
Thanks for sharing!
~Leah
August 30th, 2007 at 4:10 pmI’ve pretty much accepted the fact that I’m only going to get grayer and wrinklier. And I can’t imagine loving anyone other than my husband. But it would be nice to still be young enough to do the whole “Europe with a backpack and a rail pass” thing. Great writing!
August 31st, 2007 at 7:32 am