Tag: life stages

If you’re at midlife or if like me, you’re approaching it as slowly as you can, you may find yourself looking back and craving an aspect of your youth, which seems gone forever. I call this hard-to-articulate emotion the absence of "firsts." But what exactly are these "firsts" and why do we seem to miss them? "Firsts" can represent a variety of experiences, which somehow defined us on our life journey. These can range from our first kiss, to our first sexual discovery, to our first communion, our first graduation, our first job, first loan, house, car, marriage partner or even child; and not necessarily in that order.