This weeks Gallery theme is ‘A Younger Me‘ now its been a while since I last joined in but this theme is so resonating with me at the moment.
In my head I am still a teen, however when I look into my daughters eyes I become wizened and shrink to a wrinkly before my own eyes, never mind hers!
When I had Beth in 2001 aged 21 I was all knowing and all mocking with each person that told me ‘time will fly’ .. what did they know after all??
13 years later my thoughts on this subject have done a complete about turn. The weeks and months seem to pass by at hyper speed and my grasp at time some days seems to run like sand through my fingers ..
Although feeling like a teen in my head, looking at my younger self I do feel sorry for her, yet to have any real idea of life, although maybe its good to have not been tainted at that stage. I don’t envy the choices she has yet to make or the situations she has yet to face.
I maybe turning 35 this year but beyond the encroaching wrinkles and the 6 extra stone I would never wish my time over.
I love my lot along with my past good and bad, the choices I then went onto make have all made me the person I am today and for that I will always be thankful!
Love these pictures ! Don’t you wish you could tell your younger self advice ! Wish I could. Like you this has made me think so I may join in x
awww thanks Jill do let me know if you do join in 🙂
Great photos, I looked at my teen photos but decided against sharing them for fear no-one would ever visit my blog again!
When you have children it is scary how time passes so fast isn’t it. I still think I am 18 sometimes too and have to stop myself and think!
lol lets be 18 together! 😉
We knew it all didn’t we! I’d love to go back and give myself advice but I guess I then wouldn’t be the person I am today.
i so know what you mean .. even the bad times made me me .. 🙂
fab photos you look so happy and carefree xxx
awww thanks Louise xx
I dont remember growing older. Thats a line in this old song that my father plays every Sunday in our house. I really dont and yet time is passing and there are so much changes in me physically and emotionally. Its nice to look back sometimes. Thanks for sharing your photos and what nice words too. #TheGallery
awww thanks lovely, it creeps up on you so slowly but yet seems to move so fast doesn’t it x
I almost wrote a post to my younger self today – but it wasn’t quite there. I think that you have hit the nail on the head when you say, good or bad, everything you have experienced, every decision made, makes you are who you are. And, if you are happy, this means no regrets.
awww thanks Emma i think thats so the case i done regret it … and thats good for me x
Some great pics, and a lovely sentiment. We ARE what we’ve DONE, are we not?
Lovely post. There are so many things I would tell my younger self. Love your photos x
Awww lovely post – no point I having regrets and wanting to change things. Life is too short and we are who we are from our pasts x
You are two years younger than me so we are similar ages. I wouldn’t do it all over again, but wouldn’t change a thing x
i thought we were very similar ages 🙂 xx
So interesting to look at all these photos – your daughter looks so like you did (or do)! I feel the same about my past – it’s helped create the person I am today and I wouldn’t change any of it…..well maybe some silly decisions….but on the whole, no!
awww thank you Suzanne .. although i think Beth might grumble lol lol i am so with you i think there is only one silly one but other than that i would celebrate 🙂
I will be “mid 30s” this year too, I’m not really sure how thats happened. I would probably shake my younger self if I could! You look gorgeous now (as you did back then!)
awww big sloppy snogs to you!! its crept up on me this mid 30s lark ..
That’s like you took the words out of my own mouth. Funny the way things go isn’t it. Wouldn’t do it again but as you say it made us who we are and that is the positive in the poor choices and the smiles in the good memories.
thanks lovely i think why waste more time debating our choices we cant change them xx
You have such a lovely collection of photo’s of yourself as a child – and you ere clearly never camera shy – fantastic 🙂
awww thanks Jenny, i think I am more camera shy these days than i was then! lol
Wow Beth is the spitting image of you in the middle picture, the past is just that and what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger so they say. Without my past and some of it not good I wouldn’t have what I have now. You’re beautiful and lovely and I am so glad to have met you and 35 isn’t that old, gosh if you live to be 100 you are just a whippersnapper now 😉
lol i love you forever for calling me a whipper snapper honey! lol lol