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Tara Bruno Trubela has written for Psychology Today, Parenting, The Nest, and Working Mother. She lives in rural New Jersey with her husband and their two children.
Despite the fact that I don't have as much energy as I used to (coffee helps, but let's be honest), I'm so happy I had my kids when I did. Here are the advantages I've found in older motherhood.
You noticed me when another man looked right through me. You wanted to be close to me when another man couldn't get far enough away. You made me whole again when another man left me broken.
These long stretches of solitude help recalibrate my body and mind.
You'd gotten the best of me again, stealing time I should have spent doing anything other than obsessing over the multitude of awful things that could have (but didn't!) happen to my family.