When They Grow Up

As a parent of two young girls, I have often thought about what they will be like when they grow up, the careers they'll choose, the husbands, if they will choose motherhood or not….
It’s kind of fun from time to time to speculate a career path based on the interests & abilities they have now as children. Last night as Olivia colored a page in her Princess and the Frog coloring book she gave me a little blurb about each crayon she pulled out of the box, and I thought about how she’s always been such a story teller…..from that I started thinking about what I could see them doing 20 yrs from now based on how they are at this age. Here’s what I came up with:

Olivia: I'm thinking she'll be a News Reporter or a talk show host....anything where she is allowed to talk non-stop uninterrupted, tell stories, add little blurbs about even the most mundane of activities, and in general be funny.

Alexandria: Something where she will combine her love of Science & outdoors, artistic abilities, and overwhelming sensitivity to all things living... hmmm....an artsy Marine biologist with a big heart??

Wherever they end up, my constant hope is that they will above all else, be able to tune into their God given talents and abilities and find their place in the world.

2010

I’m totally copying this idea from my friend Rose… and just like her I dislike New Year’s resolutions so I never make them. HOWEVER, this year I am feeling the need for some changes and I’m definitely welcoming the New Year with open arms. The past 6 months have been very stressful (to say the least) for my husband and I. I’ll spare you some of the details, but it started in July with his car dying on us (leaving us one car with four people to get to four different places every day); after that the hits just seemed to keep coming. So in one way or another I am determined to have a better/happier year from here on out. Though I can say that the various roller coasters we’ve been on over the past few months have seemed to make our marriage even stronger, and for that I am extremely grateful.

Here’s my list of things I would like to improve upon in my life this year:

Stress management

Parenting

Alone/quality time with husband

Incorporating exercise as part of my lifestyle

I guess only time will tell if I actually follow through with any of this, but maybe it will at least give me more interesting things to blog about!