As far as clothes, yep, there were a few items I passed up too and regretted. Sometimes being a woman just isn’t all that easy!

I regret never taking voice lessons like I’ve always wanted to. I’d love to have a good, strong singing voice.

And I regret not buying this awesome tunic with a metallic embroidered robot on it I saw a couple years ago–I didn’t buy it because I couldn’t think (at the time) of what I would wear it with, and told myself I had too many clothes anyway. Been kicking myself ever since!

I would have guessed that your daughter, much like you, is very grounded. If all young women had you as a role model, they would fare quite well.

If I had another lament, it would be that I never had a sister. If I had, I would have wanted her to be just like you.

You may have some laments, my sweet Tiff, but you are a remarkable woman and a wonderful role model for your daughters. And as their Nana, I send you a bushel of love.

Back in the day(for lack of a better term) when we did not have internet communications….so many people felt alone and more like an outsider in their feelings of being different. Now they can at least reach out and find someone else that is feeling exactly the same way and that in itslef helps them feel not so alone

I can only say that I have lived through my daughters high school years with pleasure as she was one of those girls that cared a less what others thought and she embraced every bit of life even became a star competitive cheerleader. Not the simple…oh look at me type either.
It was the best self-discipline course she could have take.

She also met and formed many very good friendships with other very hard working girls.
It was a learning experience for both of us:)

~D~

I’d needed to take two classes my senior year, gym and English. The school gave me two options….. I could either partake in their “trade school” program, which would mean that I’d goto school for these two subjects, and then be transported to a Tech School for the rest of the day where I could choose to learn a trade.

My other option was to fill the rest of my schedule with extra curricular classes … such as pottery, cooking, photography, etc.

As I reviewed my options, one of the trades I had the opportunity to master was being a “travel agent”. I love to travel, and love to write…. I wanted to do this so bad… I could have traveled the world and critiqued my experiences in writing.

My parents were turned off by the whole “trade school” idea. They feared that I would not pursue a college degree as planned, and they’d determined that I was too smart for a trade school. They said no.

I spent my senior year learning how to cook, how to develop pictures, and how to “throw” on a pottery wheel.

My dad died during my second month of college, and I dropped out. I’ve taken classes over the years since, but have not yet finished the “degree”.

Had I known the course my life would have taken, I wish I would have fought more for the opportunity to explore the travel agent possibility…

BUT…. thanks to sites like expedia.com and travelocity…. I think this career path will soon be extinct.

This reminds me of that Garth Brooks song…. “Thank God for unanswered prayers”

I do wish I had more confidence when I was in Highschool and went into cheer leading

I do wish that I would have started being more athletic at a younger age than I did…although I chose to have a family at an early age and basically had to get into my athletic hobbies at a later period in my life

Learned a second language

Beat up more boys than I had the chance too…LOL!
( I was serious Tom Boy)

All in all…life was good to me. I look back many times and understand why things happened the way they did.
I rarely regret or wish for anything different

Thanks for sharing girl

~D~