How We Got Here

I am fifty-one.  This blog is for those of us hitting fifty and looking ahead.  Many of us are moms.  If you are like me, I have spent the last seventeen years or so thinking about the needs of my kids, husband, and my own mom before I think about myself. I have been so engrossed in other people's lives that I have not paid attention to my own.  So here I am, in the stage of life where I am less important to my kids, just the feeder, driver and scheduler now, and I am looking plain, old and tired.  So, while it's hard for me to put aside my conservative taste and cheapness, I must push the envelope a bit and try spoil myself and try new things.  That goes for you too.