Karen @ Christening

This plucky, red-haired, 6pd 12 oz baby (photo taken several months after birth, right before her Christening) just turned 30.

I have left my 20s behind, for good; while this makes me sad in certain respects, I am actually not as depressed about it as I thought I would be. Six months ago, I was predicting brown paper bags and a lot of Cognitive behavioral therapy to get me through. Not so, now.

However, if I do have a freak out about getting older – which is entirely possible – I hope you all will hold my hand and say everything will be okay. Or slap me in the face and say snap out of it. But do it gently.

karen andrews

Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity