April 2003, I bought my first new car. It was amazing. Black, V6, Sun Roof, Grey Leather seats...it hugged corners and flew around town. I was in love. My life seemed to be on a fast track. I was engaged to the most wonderful man in the world, I was working on a new product launch for GM, it was springtime and I was on top of the world.
Fast forward to the present. I am now married to the most wonderful man in the world, we have the most amazing daughter and it is once again springtime and this year is filled with possibilities. But...this week we traded in the Grand Prix for a .... Buick....Minivan.
I knew that one day we would sell the Grand Prix and I would get a more "family-friendly" vehicle, but the shroud of Mommie-hood covered me up this week. I feel like very little of who I was in the spring of 2003 is still here. My life is not on a fast track, I am staying home, clipping coupons, reading parenting books, and wondering what to cook for supper. I am now in the slow lane.
This is the life I chose, the life I want to have and I am so grateful to have, but that still didn't keep me from crying on the way to buy the minivan. I love being in the slow lane right now, watching my daughter grow up and know that being a stay at home mom is the best job for me. I just need some time adjust to this new life and selling the Grand Prix hit me hard. I will never be that wide-eyed, optimistic girl I was...I will forever now be a Mommie.
Good bye Grand Prix I will miss you and all the youth you represent.
1 comments:
I totally know how you feel...have definitely been there....but this will be the best ride of your life...everything you do for Todd and Aislie has eternal value and you are raising a little girl who is going to impact the world.
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