My children have aged me.

My little sweet, beautiful, YOUNG sister just sent me this picture of Aria and I in Sept 2005. We had only been home with her a few short months when we went up to VA to visit family.

Okay, totally not the girls fault (I think) but I AM OLD!!! 

I look so much younger and fresher in this picture after just starting motherhood again, then say, hmmm,  now.

All the sleepless nights, attachment issues, velcro babies, spinal cord surgery, worry about future surgeries, and I am surprised I don't look like I'm 60.

Maybe I do look like I'm 60 and no one has the heart to tell me!

*GASP*

Well, gotta go, I am headed to the store for some beauty cream, and then for a four mile run.

If that doesn't work relatively fast, I'll have to consider my surgical options: Lift, suck and tuck, in that order.

Oh, I jest.

Maybe?

Comments

  1. cmrncrzy4dukeJuly 16, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    Mom, you don't look a day over 50!!! :) Jk. We love you in your beautiful young age! You will always be the young, beautiful mother to us!

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  2. j23crewJuly 16, 2008 at 9:01 PM

    ryan is lying-you do look old. 70 is the new 60 though!

    love you!

    ps dont remember this comment when you are buying my birthday present!

    -jus23

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  3. HennHouseJuly 17, 2008 at 9:23 AM

    Oh your boys... is that what I have to look forward to?

    Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life. Proverbs 16:31

    Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4

    You are beautiful.

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  4. amyJuly 17, 2008 at 9:46 AM

    You are soo beautiful, inside and out

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  5. MaryJuly 17, 2008 at 10:07 AM

    Are you kidding? You are so beautiful...and young. Hint.....
    Just make sure your friends are older than you....um...like me, and you'll always look fabulously young :-)

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  6. MichaelJuly 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    Hold off on the nip and tuck and don't go searching for beauty creme in a jar. You have found the answer in the laughter and joy of your children reflected in your face. This joy and happiness is more than skin deep. It reaches into your soul and reflects the love of your family and our God.

    M

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  7. AudreyJuly 17, 2008 at 8:44 PM

    You're such a beautiful person Christy. And what a joy to have your children say such precious words about you.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 17, 2008 at 10:42 PM

    Smokin hot wife! :D) You are always beautiful! Oh, and younger than me!

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  9. AnneJuly 19, 2008 at 9:04 AM

    Since you are younger than me, lets hold off on the old comments, LOL!!!!

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