i like to think that both my kids have turned out ok in spite of their mother. me. i have made very bad choices as an adult, especially when it comes to men. not that I knew they were bad choices at the time. when you are 20 you think you know everything but you don't know jack. when you are 30 you realize that and spend the next 10 years really trying to figure it all out. by the time you hit 40 some things actually start to click. I have heard people say they would love to go back. not me. i don't ever want to be that dumb again. i just hope that my kids can forgive me for the bad choices and learn from some of my mistakes.
i tell my kiddos to do whatever they want to when they grow up, be what they want to be. enjoy what they do for a living. the money really doesn't matter. if they go for a job just to make money, they'll never be satisfied. like me. not that I ended up in this job for the money. but i never pursued my dream. my daddy told me i couldn't so i didn't. i never ever will tell my kids that.
so, in 2 weeks when the girl starts college, i hope she sticks to her guns and takes the classes that will lead to a future in whatever it is she loves. and if she changes what she loves, she can change her classes. who says she has to graduate in 4 years? if she decides her senior year she loves something else, so be it. just go for it. Same with the boy. (who is now a man, but in these posts, he will always forever be my boy). he has changed his major a gazillion times. well maybe just 4 or 5. who cares. i am a proud momma.
i am not sad yet. but on August the 28th when the girl turns 18, i'll need a tissue or two.
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