Julia Roberts, recently talked about her age and why she looks older than many contemporary artists who want to keep looking young.“I am aging with dignity, humor, and serenity..I don't resort to lifting or Botox and I know by Hollywood standards I'm risking my career. If they don't want to give me a role because I look old, it means I produce the project and I choose who I want. The important thing is not to take this job too seriously.I know a lot of moms struggling to make ends meet: those are the serious problems, those are the women I admire, who are beautiful and good even when everything is hard. Honestly, I have other fears...I fear for my children, that I cannot protect them from anyone who wants to take advantage of them.. It's more important for me to be well and make my family live well..I'm blessed and I appreciate all that I have!. I’m thankful for my husband and kids everyday. For this reason, for me the most important moments of the day are never the ones[ Read More... ]
I'm not the parent I was once was. I had 2 girls in my mid 20s. I was tee total, we had a routine, their dad turned out to be evil and I was commonly referred to as "that Mary Poppins mum". I fought long and hard to have the chance to get my tubes tied; my family was complete, I was approaching 40, my partner didn't want to bring children into the world but his comments had shifted over the years so it was unreasonable to expect him to have a vasectomy. I was accepted for having my tubes tied, a week before the pre-op consult I decided to pee on a stick so I would have no shadow of a doubt - the pee stick said pregnant. I was booked in for an emergency scan. 12 wks gone so an intervention would mean tearing baby limb from limb, which he would feel. Now he's nearly a year old and neither dad nor myself have any regret but I am not the parent I was. This is partly due to having 2 almost fully grown girls in the home and because we were in a house but, due to past homelessness are[ Read More... ]
I'm not the parent I was once was. I had 2 girls in my mid 20s. I was tee total, we had a routine, their dad turned out to be evil and I was commonly referred to as "that Mary Poppins mum". I fought long and hard to have the chance to get my tubes tied; my family was complete, I was approaching 40, my partner didn't want to bring children into the world but his comments had shifted over the years so it was unreasonable to expect him to have a vasectomy. I was accepted for having my tubes tied, a week before the pre-op consult I decided to pee on a stick so I would have no shadow of a doubt - the pee stick said pregnant. I was booked in for an emergency scan. 12 wks gone so an intervention would mean tearing baby limb from limb, which he would feel. Now he's nearly a year old and neither dad nor myself have any regret but I am not the parent I was. This is partly due to having 2 almost fully grown girls in the home and because we were in a house but, due to past homelessness are[ Read More... ]