I Wish I Would Have Known . . .

[Dogma]

There are so many things I wish I had known when I was younger (I am OLD now).  I wish I hadn't been so afraid of taking chances and risks.  I could have had/done many things if I'd just have put myself out there, but I was terrified.  Now I know that everyone feels like that once in a while, and it is okay.  If I don't take a chance or risk something, who else will?  I'm not dead yet, and nothing I wish I'd done was against the law.  But, in school I could have had it all, but I was too scared.  I wish I dated more to be sure I had Mr. Right (he was Mr. Wrong!), but I was raised that a woman was no one unless she was married.  So, I got married--and divorced after 16 years.  I wish I had worked harder on my marriage and made my husband more of a priority.  I miss the companionship.   I wish  I'd have finished school and gone for my Master's degree instead of my Mrs. degree.  I did go back and finish college after my divorce, but I didn't follow my dreams.  And, I wish someone had taught me about money.  It isn't everything in life, but when you live from check to check, life can be hard.  All that having been said, I am lucky to have a large extended family of kids and grandkids, a decent job that I find rewarding, and two special but naughty pups that think I am da bomb!!

[novakrysnana]

Oct. 26, 2007 at 6:25 AM Boy sounds like I wrote it.But remember anything is possible w/faith.Just calling on you to tell you I'm leaving CM.Need more time to persue other adventures.Keeper

[jsavy]

Jul. 20, 2008 at 10:42 AM

I like you have wished I had did some things different. My first love was a big mistake,  I remarried the most wonderful man but of course that wasn`t to be he died at 51, it is still hard and has been for eight years. Sometimes I wish I had more time to raise my children, they grew up so fast it seems. I wish I had know that getting up in front of a class wasn`t so bad I was so shy back then. I wish I had kept in contact with some of them kids now. And if only I had known the final days of my husbands life I could of told him how very much I loved him, things could of been so different if he had lived.