An Ode to my 20’s

The balloon pops; the party is over, Happy Birthday to me and then a sing-songy, bittersweet ending to my 20’s. Yep, turning 30 and I have considered being like Joey in Friends and shouting “WHY GOD, WHY?!”. However, I also see all the fun memories I have made and the mistakes I had wished I hadn’t and I begin to look forward to my 30’s and what is to come.

I see my past 10 years as so much growth and change in my years on this earth. I went to college, graduated with a masters, got married, had two beautiful children, traveled, moved a few times, and bought my first home. I am a very lucky person and I cannot believe I had done that much in a short period of time. I am thankful for my friends and family around me who helped me reach my goals, saw my potential, and guided me through this thing we call life.

As I work through those memories and into the future I do have to look back at my 20’s and just be sad. There is so much that I want to do, but so much that has already been done. I can check things off my bucket list but at the same time wish I would have accomplished more. There is always a quest for more, always a feign hope to go back in time whether it is to change things or relive them.

I know I’ll feel this way at other new milestones in my life. But the richness of my 30s will be the love I share with my kids as they grow and learn, loving my husband and the adventures we have together and learning to love myself.

 

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Michelle Walter
Michelle grew up in Beaver Falls, PA then moved to Carnegie, PA with her husband and then back to be closer to home and they now live in Monaca, PA. Michelle met her husband in high school and they dated for 8 years before getting married. Then following the wedding they adopted their loving cat and had two beautiful children. Michelle’s daughter and little princess is now 2 years old and their son is 2 months old…