I'm 38 and feel like my life is speeding up. My 61-year-old husband wants to slow down.

The author and her husband have a 23-year age gap. Courtesy of Caroline Chirichella My husband is 23 years older than I am, but our age difference never bothered me before. Now that he's 61 and we're raising two young kids, I'm noticing our different energy levels. I love our life together, but I'm struggling with the realities of our age gap. When my husband and I first met back in 2014, we had what many would consider a whirlwind romance. We met, fell in love almost instantly, moved in together after a year, got engaged six months later, married a month after that, and a little over a year later, welcomed our first child. It was all very exciting, rushed, and filled with emotion and love. I'm also a very rational person who doesn't get easily swept up in the moment.