Being an adult ...

I've struggled with the whole growing up thing, I'm going to be 30 in May 2011 and am only just starting to feel like a grown up after having my second child. I didn't have the normal teenage transition, my Mother moved out when I was 14 so I was left to deal with an alcoholic Father. Then he moved out when I was 16. I have run my own life since then, not relying upon anyone. I've found difficulty in relationships - how can you trust another person when those closest to you have let you down? But, saying that, I've worked full time since I was 16, I've managed to keep a roof over my head, food poison myself only twice, kept out of trouble .. Met a wonderful man and had 2 beautiful children. So, this picture is me. Grown up. I went through a stage of really disliking my tummy - the dreaded stretch marks began when I got my first positive test .. But now, I look and realise that it's just my grown up tummy, it's like it because of the 2 beautiful girls I have carried, born and now raise. I am an incredibly lucky lady .. and I know it!

I realise that it's not the best picture for focus or composition .. it just felt right for today.