We moved back to the United States 9 years ago in June 03 when Christine was 11 and Sofi was 6. In the past years we renovated a 100 year old house, I attended and graduated from nursing school. My speaking career has been reborn, I’ve written a book.I’ve quit smoking, gained and lost numerous pounds, and had a variety of haircolors. We’ve had about 104 sleepovers, overall serving about 156 giggling girls, 93 pizzas and 162 bags of doritos. I’ve survived one set of teenage years and will soon begin my second and last set with Sofi.
Here’s some stuff I know:
My favorite tool was once my eyelash curler but it is now my tweezers. Financial debt, like weight, will seldom be just right and more often be up than down…so don’t lose sleep over either of them. Forgiveness is difficult but necessary and even babysteps are important. Most often, it will be the small, everyday choices that contribute to or delete from your success. People all want two things 1. to know their life mattered 2. to know that at least one person has seen their uniqueness loved them completely. Seeing the tiny everyday miracles and developing an ongoing gratitude for them will make your life happier. Friends are really important. The Universe is abundant. You have to start someplace and at sometime in order to get anywhere. I learn more when I listen. God loves everyone. Don’t limit the limitless God.
Other things I know: your car’s rearview mirror in natural sunlight is the best place to tweeze, wrinkles can be really sexy if you wear them with confidence, and a camera pointed at a middle aged woman will add 32 pounds and 7.6 years in a photograph.
The most important moment of my life is now.
Dear Amy,
You write so wonderful and so real and I so agree with what you’re saying. The least important but also the nicest I’ve found in recent years is that a camera is NOT my friend but the mirror in the bathroom (it only show me my face), in the twilight hour is a good friend. It is difficult to understand that the mirror in the half dark room shows that different image according to one camera (Google is translating this from norwegian so I hope you understand what I mean).
Oh well, the most important thing in my life is my family. I am so blessed with a good husband and my superduper kids, who – believe it or not, is two independent adults. Where did time go? Now I try to enjoy everyday and make the best out of it.
Take care Amy and say hello to your beautiful girls <3
Comment by anne-linda — April 12, 2012 @ 5:12 am