Keeping My Sense of Humor

We all know why women who are over fifty don't have babies. They would put them down someplace and forget where they left them.~ Author Barbara Johnson

I joke about being a Mommy-come-lately all the time. But when I read that quote this morning, I didn't laugh. I groaned. Maybe it was just too early in the morning. Maybe it just struck too close too home.

Sure, I was only 41 when Christa was born--not that close to 50--but I do worry about not keeping up with her. I worry about being an old mommy of a young child.

I just have to remind myself that, as a late-in-life mom, I am not alone. Thousands of women in their mid-30s and 40s--and, yes, even a few in their 50s and 60s--are having babies. I can do this--and I can do it successfully. It may take a bit more effort than it took when I was in my twenties. But, if I think way, way, way back then, I think I complained about being tired then too!