I'm 46 years old. It seems like I've been a Mom all my life, but it's only been for the last 23 years of it. I've spent half my life being a Mom. I never looked at the numbers before this moment. I spent years feeling bad because I didn't earn money through my work, and yet there's nothing else I'd rather be doing. I am happy to raise my children. I know my oldest son, who has Asperger's Syndrome, would have been lost if I hadn't stayed home to raise him. My daughter and I are still smoothing the wrinkles in our relationship from her turbulent adolescence. Thankfully, she appears to be mellowing with age! And now, later in life, I am on marriage number two with a toddler, 3 cats, and 3 dogs. I guess I never did anything half-way. I am currently working on a novel. My husband and I would love to have another child. We are hoping for that, but right now it looks like we need a little help from the doctors to conceive. Wish us luck! I look forward to meeting you all on-line.