Life After 40 -

I am over 40 with two children. My mom was old at 40. She was 32 when I was 12. But, I can see why. We lived on red meat and potatoes. Oranges were a Christmas treat. She bought a case of pop a week - we never had juice. She never exercises. She never 'lived'...she just cleaned house, ate, and watched television with dad.

I don't want to follow my mom's footsteps. I am over 40 now and I want to be a good mother to my girl. I want to continue shopping with her for a decade, and enjoy it.

I had a wake up call a couple of years ago. I started noticing it hurt to walk down the stairs. I ran out of breath. Since then I have started eating better, exercising more and I have started re-educating myself. I started a home based business that grew from writing novels and freelance writing, to editing, to blog advertising and running a CMS system, and then after much struggling, I started my own book publishing company.

I am still a wife and mother. I never abandoned that aspect of life, but now, I am a woman. If you wondered if there was life after 40 - the answer is ... yes...