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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:01:43 PM
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christsstar
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oh, wait.
ice cream? we're talking ice cream!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:14:56 PM
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ORIGINAL: solo_soprano22
WhiteRose, thanks.  I don't run into you as much in Women's, but I appreciate that we can have two perspectives and appreciate each other still. I don't take that for granten in here, lol. :) Do you still hang around Singles? It's like I remember seeing you in a specific forum in the past...and Singles is the only place I used to be in a ton but I'm not in much now. Not really. I make the very occasional post over there, but that's about it. I think the most I posted over there was during the first half of last year . . . before then and after then, not so much.
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ORIGINAL: lexie
We attend a non-denominational church, we are total city people and Dh has an extremely large family, of which all under the age of 18 have apparently moved in and are living on my couches. 
Trishy - NEXT WEEK??!! Are you and John excited? (Dumb question). 
Christine - I agree; GREAT thread! 
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:25:47 PM
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christsstar
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ORIGINAL: spitzu
I'm a 28 yr old, happily married "crunchy" mama to two crazy dogs. We cannot make babies, but my husband and I are in the middle of adopting an infant. Our home study is currently being written. I have been a stay at home wife for a few years now, and a work at home wife for almost the same length. I own a jewelry design business (my mama is my partner) and work as a jewelry metalsmith. I love it. Power tools... melting metal... pretty stuff... I mean, what could be better?
I don't like ice cream though, so I obviously do not belong here. 
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I haven't seen you around in a couple years (first I quit posting, then I guess you did). I didn' tknow what was going on in your life. It's good to see you posting again.
BTW --- I LOVE your avatar. It's awesome!
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:27:12 PM
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myka
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I'm 42 married for 18 years, with 3 kids (16,12,4). I am attending grad. school part-time (counseling), working for pay at a ministry very part-time, volunteering, and at home the rest of the time.
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:29:56 PM
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I own a jewelry design business (my mama is my partner) and work as a jewelry metalsmith. I love it. Power tools... melting metal... pretty stuff... I mean, what could be better?
Hmm. I was wondering about the metal working part, do you do casting?
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:32:42 PM
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christsstar
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ORIGINAL: myka
I'm 42 married for 18 years, with 3 kids (16,12,4). I am attending grad. school part-time (counseling), working for pay at a ministry very part-time, volunteering, and at home the rest of the time.
That's a big age difference. Do the older 2 help out with the little one? (This may be too intrusive, so feel free to not answer ... is there a story behind the 8 year difference?)
How old is your husband?
Did you notice it difficult to have an infant in the house again after so many years of not? What was the hardest part for you on child #3?
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:47:01 PM
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myka
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That's a big age difference. Do the older 2 help out with the little one? (This may be too intrusive, so feel free to not answer ... is there a story behind the 8 year difference?)
Yes, it is a big age difference, and yes the older 2 help out with the little one. Dh is almost 40 (b'day is next month). There is a story behind the 8 year difference, but some of it is dh's story. We also have had several miscarriages along the way.
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Did you notice it difficult to have an infant in the house again after so many years of not? What was the hardest part for you on child #3?
It was difficult to go back to the infant years again. There is a different routine (or lack of) with infants and that was an adjustment, as well as some of her individual needs.
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 3:50:14 PM
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christsstar
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I'm sorry to hear about the miscarriages. I can't even pretend to know how you feel.
What about energy level? Is it harder to keep up with the little one than it was for the other two when they were that age?
Sorry I'm being all inquisitive. My fiance has 2 kids, (12 and 14) and we both want one. I have none. I'm just wanting to get some stories from other people with late in life children and children spaced so far apart.
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 4:10:56 PM
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I'm in the 21-30 crowd...but that seems like a REALLY big spread to me. I'm 28 and when I think of who I was at 21...wow, there is a huge difference. I still knew pretty much everything then. 
Married 9 years (will be 10 on New Year's Day), mom of almost 5 (8.5 yob, 7.5 yob, 3.5 yog, 18 mob, and new baby being evicted from the womb the 28th). The 7.5 year old is my stepson, conceived in the very rocky years of our marriage, but I love him as my own, even when it hurts like heck.
I've been a SAHM since pregnant with the 3.5 year old, babysitting here and there. My husband is currently disabled from a car accident July 20th, which totally sucks, but we are trying to make the best of it. I've seen him more this past month than I have in the two years before! Trying to find a new normal to settle into...
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 4:13:48 PM
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I'm in the 21-30 crowd...but that seems like a REALLY big spread to me. I'm 28 and when I think of who I was at 21...wow, there is a huge difference. I still knew pretty much everything then.
Married 9 years (will be 10 on New Year's Day), mom of almost 5 (8.5 yob, 7.5 yob, 3.5 yog, 18 mob, and new baby being evicted from the womb the 28th). The 7.5 year old is my stepson, conceived in the very rocky years of our marriage, but I love him as my own, even when it hurts like heck.
I've been a SAHM since pregnant with the 3.5 year old, babysitting here and there. My husband is currently disabled from a car accident July 20th, which totally sucks, but we are trying to make the best of it. I've seen him more this past month than I have in the two years before! Trying to find a new normal to settle into...
My birthday!!! *dances*
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 4:16:59 PM
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myka
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What about energy level? Is it harder to keep up with the little one than it was for the other two when they were that age?
Sorry I'm being all inquisitive. My fiance has 2 kids, (12 and 14) and we both want one. I have none. I'm just wanting to get some stories from other people with late in life children and children spaced so far apart.
I don't mind talking about it. I think that there are trade offs at any age. I think that when we get older, we are more comfortable and knowledgeable about ourselves. Younger women might have more energy; I guess they could get by with less sleep. I like the fact that I have help from the older ones; although, it is sometimes tricky to figure out how much help to ask from them. I think it is good for family bonding (although, I'm not sure about the step-relationships).
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 4:20:17 PM
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Ok, I can do this one. My name is Tracy. I am 36 years old. Married with three kids. I graduated from high school, and spent a couple of years in college before getting married. That marriage ended with me and our son being locked out of our apartment and it was the landlord (also FIL at the time) who changed the lockes for my husband at the time. I didn't know where to go or what to do since it was all so very sudden. I mean like we were waiting for a babysitter to show up so we could go to a wedding when he dropped it on me that he wanted a divorce, then couldn't understand why I changed my mind and decided NOT to go to the wedding with him and was more concerned about "what it will look like if I go by myself"
I met my current husband not too long later online, but after a few dates and talking, not only did we know eachother while I was in high school and he in college (by sight and first name only), but this mom shared a business with one of my cousins. We dated about a year before we decided to get married.
We got married, had a baby, got pregnant two more times which both ended in miscarriage, a third (sort of unplanned) pregnancy gave us our third daughter. I say unplanned because we were both fed up with trying (mostly him) that we (mostly him) said "we are done" then I find out I am pregnant and feared that I would miscarry the entire time.
He didn't believe in God and I was a believer, but I didn't really hand my life over to Christ yet. We went through some marriage issues which led to depression for me and I have always had an issue with anxiety. I had been praying more and seeking out God. He still insisted that God didn't exist, but a terrific thing happened which changed both of our lives. While I am not going to go into detail, we ended up in Christain counseling together and throught that God just started dropping people into our lives at the right time.
I did alot of soul searching and came to the conclusion that the church I was a part of was one of the things holding me back in my relationship with God. I felt that the church in general was very snobby and it was all a who is who and only those on the top were special enough to be given any consideration at all.
Hubby didn't care because he still didn't believe. A friend of mine invited me to her church and my entire family, hubby included, went. I knew from not too long into the service that we belonged there. It was like this amazing thing. Not just because the music was more contemporary and the chairs were cushy, but I actually walked out knowing something that I didn't know before I walked in.
Hubby didn't mind us going there because he was just along for the ride, but 6 months later had accepted Christ into his life. At the present time, we are working on building our family's foundation and sticking to our goals. We have a better relationship than we had and our kids are just flourshing in ways that I never would have imagined.
How is that for where I am in my life status?
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RE: Where are you in your life status??? - 8/22/2008 4:24:12 PM
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HisCovenant
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That sounds like a wonderful place to be!! I didn't realize you had gone through all that hardship before, but am so glad that you are flourishing now.
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