Gratitude
I also just want to take this moment and express my thanks for my life and how I'm living it. For thinking and believing and knowing my life is not about anyone else. For knowing my life is about me and not some dude or a child but about me. What brings this on is looking at some of the "where are they now" bios of people I went to high school with. Quite a few of them are: X got married in 2006 and had a baby in 2009. She is now a stay at home mom.
Compare that with this awesome bio: After graduating NWSA she pursued her dream of smashing the state. When that didn’t work out she studied fine arts at CPCC and NYSS, became the best waitress in Charlotte, wrote a punk rock zine, started a recycled clothing company, briefly lived in the UK, married a DJ, adopted a Carolina wild dog named Bijou and is currently living in an old textile factory in Bushwick while studying fashion design at FIT.
I would expect nothing less from an art school kid.
Anyway, my point is, quite a few of the bios, even if they don't say, "Got married and had a kid," still at least mention dating someone or marrying someone. Even the bio above. But the funny thing is it's all the women. None of the men bother to mention their relationship status. You obviously know how I feel about that. I'm just really grateful I'm in a place where I know and feel and act upon my life being about me and what I'm doing. Not some guy. I don't expect anyone else to come in and make my life better and that's so awesome! I know I'm talking in circles but I love that my life is full and grand and exciting and I have so much going on and am not making my life about someone else. And listen, I think raising kids is THE most important job because you're shaping a life, a mind, the way a person acts in the world. You're taking care of a being, but I obviously think there's more to do than just being a parent. How does it make any sense that God put us on this earth just to take care of progeny? I'm all about being a mom and ________. Life is about you. So yeah, raise your kids, but don't make your whole life about them. What about your passions and your loves? I'm really glad I'm in a place where I know and feel that. Thanks.
Compare that with this awesome bio: After graduating NWSA she pursued her dream of smashing the state. When that didn’t work out she studied fine arts at CPCC and NYSS, became the best waitress in Charlotte, wrote a punk rock zine, started a recycled clothing company, briefly lived in the UK, married a DJ, adopted a Carolina wild dog named Bijou and is currently living in an old textile factory in Bushwick while studying fashion design at FIT.
I would expect nothing less from an art school kid.
Anyway, my point is, quite a few of the bios, even if they don't say, "Got married and had a kid," still at least mention dating someone or marrying someone. Even the bio above. But the funny thing is it's all the women. None of the men bother to mention their relationship status. You obviously know how I feel about that. I'm just really grateful I'm in a place where I know and feel and act upon my life being about me and what I'm doing. Not some guy. I don't expect anyone else to come in and make my life better and that's so awesome! I know I'm talking in circles but I love that my life is full and grand and exciting and I have so much going on and am not making my life about someone else. And listen, I think raising kids is THE most important job because you're shaping a life, a mind, the way a person acts in the world. You're taking care of a being, but I obviously think there's more to do than just being a parent. How does it make any sense that God put us on this earth just to take care of progeny? I'm all about being a mom and ________. Life is about you. So yeah, raise your kids, but don't make your whole life about them. What about your passions and your loves? I'm really glad I'm in a place where I know and feel that. Thanks.