originally posted December 14, 2006 which will explain the reference in the post to only two daughters and obviously I have three beautiful daughters now!
Thinking back to when I was a little girl and on what I wanted to be "when I grew up".
I can remember wanting to be a teacher for as long as I can remember
I even thought nurse, maybe even doctor.
Not sure I ever wanted to be a firefighter but at least once considered rescue worker.
I know I said fashion designer maybe once or twice.
I even thought photographer.
Being a veterinarian seemed a nice thought too.
Now I'm grown, have a husband and two daughters and what did I become?
I am proud to say I am a Teacher! I teach my two daughters daily whether I know it or not. I teach them about our Faith and I teach them when I have none, I teach them when I'm happy and I teach them when I'm sad. They watch and learn.
I am both nurse and doctor, to their hearts, minds and sidewalk scrapes. I bandage them up after hurt feelings, kiss their heads, hug them and tell them I love them. I doctor their boo-boo's after a fight with the sidewalk and tell them it's going to be ok. They count on me.
I am firefighter and rescue worker! I put out fires at work and home, not real ones (well there was the time the grill caught on fire.....) but they can still be heated! I remind the girls they are sisters when a fire rages between them. I rescue them from each other and sometimes even me!
The fashion designer in me comes out daily as I assemble the apparel for two little fashionistas! What have I created? We dress from head to toe and sometimes we manage to even accessorize.
I get to photograph the greatest subjects and I capture their time on stage and their time with friends. And sometimes I get paid.....by a compliment on what a great picture or by seeing my work on my wall.
And we're still working on the veterinarian part, as I attempt to care for the four horses, but we've done ok so far!
I still have hopes and dreams and aspirations of things yet to come............
I still wonder what the future holds........
I am still a little girl just in a big girl's world....and
I still wonder what will I be when I grow up?
