What do you want to be when you grow up? I was gonna be a Forrest Ranger, a Detective, a Writer, a Teacher. First in my family to do secondary education, knew nothing about it. Never went to University until I was 35, never heard of Bursary’s or Student Loan , or even Scholarships and I graduated with honours in Science and English, I didn’t even go to graduation. Graduation in Ontario was October and I had already been to college. I took a Real Estate course that I paid cash for and was a Real Estate agent by October. It’s hard to sell houses at 19, when you look 12! I could be a professional student, seems fitting I am in a school. September is like New Years and summer is my soul twin!
My kids got a little over 10 years of me at home exactly what I wanted as a mom. That was my wish as a parent, to be the parent, didn’t wanna share my kids, I wanted to see all the firsts, and I did. I love to write and I was hooked after having a poem published in the Sun paper in Ontario as a kid. I wrote a poem for each of my kids when they were born, I have 2 books started, I like to dabble. My mom has an unpublished book on the shelf, she dabbles. My dad was a story teller. His childhood with his 7 siblings, ghost stories, fight stories, family events, history, war stories, I thought he was in the war! Stories were an event of their own, taking life and shape, some with sound effects on tape, some with a boxing lesson, some in the dark. I borrowed some of that for my own, driving down a deserted street in the middle of the night to tell some creepy story and then pretend the car wouldn’t start. My daughter lives on that street now! Imagination is an awful thing to waste. Childhood is not just for children!
We are too busy now a days to enjoy little things. Don’t let it happen to you, allow yourself to think back. Never let the childhood flame burn out! Growing old is only on the outside. With age comes wisdom, that’s a crock! Age makes us settle into patterns and rhythms, stealing our spontaneity. Sometimes we need to do just because…just because.
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