The other day, after the space shuttle launched, and we were talking about it, the kids shared their career goals with me. I told Jonathan he could be an astronaut (You can be whatever you want to be; you just have to work really hard, blah, blah, blah...) and he thought for a second, and said No, I want to be a baker.
I asked Anna what she wanted to be, and she thought for a minute, and said, I want to be you, Mama.
So a baker and a Mommy? Where are the big dreams, kids? Come on! We all start out wanting to be something really fantastic (like an astronaut, or a dolphin trainer at Sea World) and then life and reality gets in the way, and we settle for something more attainable. Not that there is anything wrong with their goals. I don't want to offend any professional bakers or other stay at home moms out there. I just worry that if you start at a baker and a homemaker, and you go down on the scale from there, where will you go?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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I'd say if you start out at "mommy" and take a step down, you'll end up at astronaut.
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