Mid-Life Crisis!?!

What is a Midlife Crisis?

Google defines a “crisis” as -a time of difficulty, trouble, or danger. It also defines it as -a time when a difficult or important decision must be made. Hummm?

When I turned forty a few years back, I had my first semi- mid life crisis. Because of my obesity I never thought I’d live to be forty. I was a grandmother at Thirty-Eight years old and my second grandchild at Forty. I went into a depressed existence a few times a year. I began to equate  getting old as feeling old. I was feeling like I should be waiting on my golden years. I wasn’t living my life as I ought to have been. I was a mom and housewife and that’s all I knew how to be.

A year ago I had another “Midlife Crisis” but it was Googles other definition of an important decision needed to be made. I wanted to LIVE and not only live but live for ME! I decided that my semi empty nest afforded me to finally live my OWN life unapologetically. I wanted better health, to travel, explore different things that I kept at bay because I didn’t want any new hobbies or interests to come before my family.

I realized that my life wasn’t over but it had just begun and I wanted to live it!