I miss my old self!

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,I have been reading with interest the posts about

missing your old self.I too miss the younger me!I never sat down,I

always had somewhere I just had to be and something I just had to

do.Well I guess I slowed down one day just enough for the dragon to

catch me.The hardest thing was to give myself a break,I hadn't really

ever taken one.Of course when I had my kids,you stayed in the

hospital until your milk came in if you were nursing, and mine always

came in on the fifth day!I thought that was a vacation especially

since I was either pregnant or giving birth from 1969-1973.Lets face

it I needed a break.ok now we get to the point when I got Stills,I

could not believe how tired I was, how much I hurt,how high my fevers

were etc.you know the drill.Well about 5 years ago I was whining to

my daughter about being so slow and not doing things the way I used

to.My daughter said,now don't misunderstand Mom,I am sorry you got

sick,but I like you better now!What a shock that was.She said now you

have time to listen when I call,you have more empathy for others and

you have time for your grandkids to read you something,or show you a

new trick,whatever is important to them.You never had time before! So

I have to thank Stills for that,just think if I continued my type A

personality I would have missed so much.

Just thought I'd share with my friends.

love Elly