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Rediscovering Me!

Written by Rachel

Finally I can breathe. Wings spread I'm ready to take off. After years of being Mom, sister, daughter, caretaker, lover, friend, I am now at a place of reevaluation. During this time I've realized that all those jobs are extremely important to me, but that I am of the most importance. Without me knowing who I am, how can I be all those things to so many people. I never thought I'd see myself standing where I am today. I used to be young, flighty and carefree. Now old, fluffy with way too many frown-lines. They are my battle wounds as I like to call them. I can cover up the gray, conceal the bags under my eyes, and squeeze my now voluptuous body into the way too tight girdle to give the illusion of youth. But underneath it all I'm still plain ole me, just with a little extra mileage. I've learned to embrace all the little oddities in me that have popped up or sank down throughout the years. Time has however been really kind to me.

Now all of this is just the illusion. Inside is where the real search has begun. I'm set in my ways. Have an opinion for everything. Sweet and naive no longer resides in this mind, body and soul. A been there done that attitude permeates the air like a thick fog of smoke. Some might even go as far to say I am conceited. But at my age one thing I know is there are many who are younger, wiser, prettier and stronger than I. My transformation has begun and I have already discovered the real me. A loner at times, who needs to be needed and who loves to be loved. That's just me....take it or leave it!

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0 #1 Go for it.. — 4me2know 2011-05-16 16:30

I enjoyed reading your comments and I commend you on your journey to self discovery.

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