Around the dinner table tonight, we got on the topic of future plans for making a living. It comes up every once in a while and I'm always interested to hear what the kids have sprouting in their imaginations. Miriam said she wants to be a teacher, probably an art teacher. Samuel wants to be an artist or an inventor. Solomon wants to be a scientist or a veterinarian or an astronaut or something else that I can't remember at the moment. That boy thinks big, and I do mean BIG.
I don't know if I gave enough thought to the "When I grow up ..." stuff when I was a kid and I want to encourage my children to think about it a lot. I want them to feel confident that they can do whatever they want to do. I want them to explore different ideas and dreams. I want them to pick the most satisfying and fulfilling one they can. I want them to know that it's going to be difficult, that it will take a lot of hard work and discipline and determination. I don't want that to be a surprise to them.
I'm glad they're seeing me in school. I hope to be an inspiration to them in their future endeavors. I also want to be an example of how not to do things: for example, finish school before you move on to having children. Because both things are very hard to do, but they're exponentially more difficult when you're doing them both at the same time.
When I grow up, I'm going to have raise 3 amazing human beings.
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