If I knew then what I know now . . .

I would have said no more instead of trying to please everyone.

I would have listened more closely both to my intuition and others and followed some of the advice I was given.

I would have never have listened to that dr that told me when I was 16 to never run again as it would cause too much damage in my hip. In hindsight, that was probably my 1st MS related symptom.

On a positive note:

All the things that I did do whether good or bad, has made me who I am today. I would not change that for anything. Those experiences were absolutely necessary for me to learn and grow.

I would have taken my dad flying a whole lot more....

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I would have told my first grade teacher I had to go to the bathroom instead of trying to hold it.

Hmmm...I can think of a lot of things that caused misery in my life but then...if I had taken different courses, I wouldn't have my precious daughter and her family and all the friends I've made that I love.

What I would have done differently is not go into debt.

Aw, Doody, I honestly have no real regrets. I just put this up when I was thinking about how I had put off a few things thinking I'd always be physically capable of everything. Just a reflection, I've had a pretty fantastic life and I'm still working on it.

Oh ((Sandy)) I have many regrets!!! Never should have married that awful man who abused me for 5 years until I left and that really got a snowball goin! Never got married again. Then I kept getting involved with men that were 'unavailable'? My biggest downfall in my life was wasting my time on one loser after another.

I know all of that took its toll on my health for sure!



But still and all...one of those losers gave me my precious daughter. (buttwad that he is)

I should clarify, lest y'all think I'm some heartless 'n' evil spawn of Satan.

I LOVE my 3 kids, but all I have to do is SMILE and I turn up pregnant.

and although I did a most excellent job raising them, it was really rough, especially after the MS came on gang-busters, being a single mom and all.

one kid, maybe two, but three was too much... and I COULDN'T get any docs to do the surgery, they kept saying "You're young, you'll change your mind!"

what? just because I'm FEMALE, I don't know my own mind, and am incapable of making responsible and intelligent ADULT life-decisions?

what I SHOULD have done was keep looking for a doctor who understood...

maybe I had some premonition that I'd end up alone and ill.

Honestly?

I wouldn't have changed a thing that I COULD have changed except that I would have stayed in school and finished.

I am making up for that in spurts now, but it costs a LOT more and takes a larger toll on my sleep time than it did back when I was young and could stay out 'til 5 a.m and still make class!

What a crock! You would not have eaten that chicken!

Boy, I've spent the last couple of days thinking on this one.. If I knew then what I know now:
1) I wouldn't have wasted my time on marriage. Oh, I'd still have my kids, who I wouldn't give up for anything, just not all the mind-f*** games that came with dad.
2) I would have traveled more.
But that's about it..I've been blessed with a lot in my life, and I'm grateful for all of it ('cept maybe MS ).