Today I'm supposed to write about something I hope to do in my life.
There are a quite a few that come to mind. Many of the first ones were travel related: I would like to see every state, go to a baseball game in every major league park, travel the world. And then there are the accomplishment goals: I would like to write a book, get my Ph.D. But all of these are small goals -- and are all things that I've at least started working on.
Then I realize what the real answer is: I hope to someday have a family. This is something that I didn't really know or understand until a few years ago. If you had asked me if I wanted kids when I was 25, I probably would have looked at you like you were crazy. If you had asked me the same question at 30, I probably would have said maybe, but not any time in the near future. Then I lost my mother -- and as a result, I realize the importance of having a family, of having ties both to the past and to the future. I want to have those ties.
Will it ever happen? I don't know. Everything else seems so much more controllable for me.
Yesterday: Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.
Tomorrow: Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
1 comment:
I lost my mother last year.
It's the little special moments with my kids that cause me to miss her the most. I hate that she is missing out on getting to know them and visa versa.
Also, being a mom has helped me to understand (and forgive) mine a little more.
I hope you get your wish. I hope you get your family.
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