18 sleeps until I wake up to a very different day! My daydreaming, sleeping and wide awake hours have been captured by flashbacks of my working life for the past 45 years! It is like I am watching a stranger - I can feel her emotions at the time of the event; I am in awe of some of the risks she took; and a tad embarrassed for her at times on some the colossal mistakes (it felt like they were earth shattering mistakes at the time) as she made her way as a young Mom, young wife and now a seasoned professional (I can compliment myself - right?). She certainly seem to have much different expectations at the starting point then where she ended up.
As a young girl and a teenager my hero's were definitely strong women - Saint Joan of Arc; Madame Marie Curie; Florence Nightingale; Anne Frank - I could not get enough of those women and their stories. I felt strongly connected and passionate about their lives.
Funny, my expectations for myself at 19, 20 years old was to walk down the aisle, work for a couple of years and stay home with umpteen dozen babies! After the babies started coming (I found out that it hurts-I hate pain - so only two kids arrived not "umpteen"), my world around me was very much like watching paint dry. Fast forward the movie, I have arrived at the train station happy, fulfilled, content, excited and still filled with passion for new adventures and new opportunities.
I will continue to watch my movie and enjoy that woman who sure seemed brave at times and very naive at times - there is definitely a disconnect today from that person in my mind while looking outside in. I think she was pretty amazing as she moved through her journey!
Roll the credits and end the show!
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