Dear Uterus,
As you experience things, you slowly notice how you change.
A little over a year ago, we lived in a large 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome, two floors, brand new appliances... At the time, I didn't even want to consider something smaller.
When the town we lived in seemed to rebel against us finding jobs, we were forced to temporarily live apart. Two months later, we moved... started school and found a smaller place that fit our new student budget. Now we live in a tiny, two bedroom one bath apartment that was built a good while ago.
As things change.. you do. We realized that we didn't NEED the huge place, the 3 toilets, the extra bedroom. We got rid of our second car, and kept only truck. We stopped eating out all the time, we tightened the reigns on our spending.
A year ago... heck... three months ago... I was absolutely never going to have children past the age of 30. That was too old for me.
I couldn't wait for Cody to start school.
I knew the month I would start trying to conceive our next child. I wasn't going to let more than x amount of time pass between Cody and the next child.
There was NO way I was going to be one of those parents with ten years between their kids.
Now.... I might be thirty by the time we could afford an adoption or surrogacy. Cody might be closer to 8... he might not be... but he might.
I was studying Criminal Justice with the idea to go into profiling.
Now I'm in Paralegal Studies planning on pursuing a law degree and working in Family Law,
You don't think about how one thing can affect so many things-- how it can completely change your perspective.
-Michelle
As you experience things, you slowly notice how you change.
A little over a year ago, we lived in a large 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome, two floors, brand new appliances... At the time, I didn't even want to consider something smaller.
When the town we lived in seemed to rebel against us finding jobs, we were forced to temporarily live apart. Two months later, we moved... started school and found a smaller place that fit our new student budget. Now we live in a tiny, two bedroom one bath apartment that was built a good while ago.
As things change.. you do. We realized that we didn't NEED the huge place, the 3 toilets, the extra bedroom. We got rid of our second car, and kept only truck. We stopped eating out all the time, we tightened the reigns on our spending.
A year ago... heck... three months ago... I was absolutely never going to have children past the age of 30. That was too old for me.
I couldn't wait for Cody to start school.
I knew the month I would start trying to conceive our next child. I wasn't going to let more than x amount of time pass between Cody and the next child.
There was NO way I was going to be one of those parents with ten years between their kids.
Now.... I might be thirty by the time we could afford an adoption or surrogacy. Cody might be closer to 8... he might not be... but he might.
I was studying Criminal Justice with the idea to go into profiling.
Now I'm in Paralegal Studies planning on pursuing a law degree and working in Family Law,
You don't think about how one thing can affect so many things-- how it can completely change your perspective.
-Michelle
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