Nadine J Walters – My Life

Question for myself today: What decade out of the seven you have been alive do you feel the most nostalgic about?

Answer:
The 1990s—my late 30s to early 40s—stand out as the decade I feel most nostalgic about.

This post is a bit of a continuation and expansion of one I wrote a few days ago where I outlined my personal history. I ended that post in the 1990s, but after watching In Vogue: The 90s on Hulu, I can confidently say: I really loved that decade.

There are so many reasons why. First and foremost, I was a fully grown adult—37 when the decade began. I’d had my first child in 1987 and my second in 1991. Life with two young children wasn’t always easy, but I genuinely loved the world we were living in at that time. It felt like a moment filled with hope, energy, and possibility. I believed then that everyone had a voice, that everyone had a chance to live the life they dreamed of.

Of course, watching the documentary reminds me that not everything was as rosy as I remember. But then again, I lived in a small town in Utah—my experience was shaped by that. Still, I felt more free than I ever had. I felt, finally, like an adult. I had a stable career, a beautiful home, a new car, and an amazing family. Life, truly, was good.

And speaking of that—do you remember the “Life is Good” slogan? I looked it up just now and saw the company was founded in 1994. That tracks. As I remember it, life was good.

So I’ll leave it there—with warm memories, a loving family, two darling children, and a sense that, in that time and place, things were exactly as they should have been. That’s how memories should feel.