2009:
Thanksgiving 2009 |
- 28 years old (nearly 29)
- Been married for just over a year
- Lived in New York City in a studio apartment, rarely drove
- Worked from home full-time doing communications work for a non-profit organization
- Worked out, ate fairly well - beginning the cycle of weight loss
- Attended Park Avenue UMC in Manhattan, minimally involved - I think by then we'd gone to a young adult event/volunteered at a food pantry and I'd designed a logo of sorts
2019:
- 38 years old (nearly 39)
- Been married for just over 11 years, love him more day by day
- Mother of two girls, 8 and 3 (so two pregnancies and births in this decade), finding parenting to be simultaneously like breathing and the biggest chafing challenge of my life
- Live in Baton Rouge in a home we own, drive constantly as a carpool chauffeur
- Work from home part-time writing for a local parenting magazine
- Not working out after a foot injury (oh, another free blogging idea!), eating less although not necessarily better - in the cycle of weight loss after tremendous swings over the decade
- Attend St. John's UMC in Baton Rouge, more involved than I ever thought possible
I can only vaguely picture what life might look like in another decade. I'll be nearing 50, Jane will be graduating from high school. (She's a decade from adulthood with her eighth birthday.) Livia will be a teenager too. Where will we live? What kind of work will I do? Will I still be as embroiled in politics of The UMC? I'll take it day by day and just enjoy every day where I can ... and get through the others by hanging on.
October 30, 2019 Fifteenth Meet-a-versary |
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