A Magazine that Surprises

In my lifetime I've read many-a-magazine.  My introduction to magazines was probably those Redbook's laying around the house from my mom's subscription.  And it never failed that there was a Highlights magazine at Infant's and Children when we waited for Doctor Roberts.  But it's safe to say that my very first magazine (you know, where I got to browse what the Publix stands had to offer and ponder which titles were most fetching of my 13 year old attention!) is probably still in one of my keepsake hatboxes somewhere.  I don't believe that it's still in publication but lasting was the grown-up feeling that "this is awesome!".  It was something that was older than me and it catered to those girls who were old enough, and big enough, to actually were a size zero in the 5-7-9 store (lust!).   Sure, it was hard to find a publication that covered topics that my watchful mother approved of while still appealing to my young-girl self.  Think:  too old for Cats Magazine and too young for Cosmopolitan.  We went on the trip, my highlight was a way cooler (and less connect-the-dot) magazine than that called Highlights and I loved it.

Insert a gift of a Y.M. that was delivered to our family mailbox and I was in heaven!  I'll never forget the fresh images of my-aged Yasmine Bleeth and Jessica Biel on the Young Miss cover.  They too were young, fresh, sporty and pretty.  It's certain that there was a stretch of time when magazine articles overshadowed reading books in the hobby department.  What's not to love about something topical, informative (reading about the pangs of menstruation can be formatted in a hip way?  Who knew.) and indulgent?

By this point, age 29, I have been washed of my ability to form excitement over magazines.  Particularly those geared towards women.  Time magazine is my favorite and travel-focused publications based on where I'm planning to visit next in the world.  But, honestly, I'm at a stage where I'm into expanding my brain and enjoying the pining for this.  My nightly "these 20-30 are just for me" minutes have been filled with either book reading or BrainAge practicing.  I'm getting older you see.  And I recognize it.

Well, today I'm back on a short-read kick.  I bought my first copy of Fit Pregnancy.  Result:  I'm far from wise!  Every article was packed with information that I didn't know.  Autism from meds?  Moderate exercise while pregnant?  So many articles and none were a wash of spiffed up topics that I'd see a million times over.  My mind was slightly blown away by this phenomoneom.  This had to be comprable to me picking up a gun enthusiast magazine.  I did.Not.Know.A.Thing!  Wow.  Cheers to always being able to learn!  I am one excited mother-to-be.  

If Day Three of known pregnancy is this surprising then I think I'm in for a massive processing overload when my husband and I arrive for Delivery at Good Sam Hospital in December!