Anna Glendenning's commentsComments On: EverythingArticles Blogs Journals Photos created by: EveryoneAnna The Let's Talk Blog Top Ten - Reasons to Have Children Early in Life - Blog Entry12 Jan 2007 05:42 PM I had my biological children when I was 20 and 21 years-old and enjoyed every moment of being a young mom. I bounced back from 2 c-sections and enjoyed a very active lifestyle with them. However, as so many young marriages go when my kids were 9-10 the marriage ended in Divorce... Later, I married a man who had never had children and today we are the adoptive parents of 2-special needs siblings from the Foster Care System... I am 39 years older then my youngest child and still keep up just fine! I don't think I could have gone through pregnancy again at this age however! But, I wasn't ever a very good-pregnant mother health wise. I have enjoyed the experience on both ends of the age issue. If I had anything I would change I would say spacing children the year apart was FAR better then the 4 years between the younger two! The Family Name - Blog Entry12 Jan 2007 03:45 PM My mother remarried and her name is Vickie Lovely.... it's sooooo cute when she calls me on her cell my Caller ID says, "Lovely Vickie" How We Chose the Type of Adoption that was Right for Us - Blog Entry12 Jan 2007 12:34 AM I am always interested in how other adoptive parents come to the decision they do about what method of adoption works best for them. Thanks Pam, I look forward to reading more of your blogs. How I Became Your Mother: When Uncle Eddie Took Care of His Birth Mother. - Blog Entry12 Jan 2007 12:12 AM I think his example and love for his mother has very much helped me as an adoptive mother--understand the importance for my children to know the truth and be permitted to feel love, even under the circumstances. The Voice of A Hurting Child - Blog Entry11 Jan 2007 09:18 PM This list has impacted me very much too. I see some real issues for our daughter in her words. We are just hopeful that she will get the help we all need and we can be the wind beneath her wings. How I Became Your Mother: Thanksgiving and LeRoy's Boys - Blog Entry11 Jan 2007 02:02 PM Yes, it sure would be! The Voice of A Hurting Child - Blog Entry09 Jan 2007 08:47 PM Reading it all again I think we have very much minimized her issues of loss and grief.... Some of these things she has said in different ways over the years.... Are Homeschooled Children Over Sheltered? - Blog Entry09 Jan 2007 06:27 PM Nola, I agree with you it depends on the parents and the way they do the sheltering... My older ones were public school kids.... and a bit oversheltered. On the other hand I was over sheltered, attended a good deal of private school, grew up with a large extended family watching me all the time--and when I left home I didn't rebel at all..... never even thought about it.... I didn't get my first pair of slacks until I was 16 and that was 1978 and I got them to do haying in the fields for a summer job! Don't Quit Your Day Job - Blog Entry09 Jan 2007 01:41 PM How funny! Your Blog amazes me because everything you write is exactly the opposite of my own feelings and experience!!!!!! I love staying home, and try to only leave the house if I have at least 3-things to do! I cannot stand being stuck working most of my waking hours with people I wouldn't eat lunch with on Saturday... After 20 years working in an office I would nearly rather die then return... My favorite thing in life is playing a game with a 4-year old when I should be doing the laundry... I don't feel trapped because, I also love to grow roses...and this year I am planting a Christmas Tree Garden.... The best part of my day is when I am alone and have time to think.... When my family is at work or school--I don't have to be a night-owl in order to do what I love the most...Spend time with my words...work... I think that most people feel the way you do in your Blog, so I would advise people to follow your advice until the can be sure they like being alone, working on their own time, and take joy in the world around them, even if it does mean cleaning a toilet for fun on a boring Tuesday morning!!!! |
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