I have been paying a lot of attention lately to things I see my kids being influenced by. It brings up memories for me of my own childhood and adolescence and the people and things that influenced me, rather for the good or the bad. My son is going on five and wants to be and partially thinks he is a professional wrestler. I'm not too sure if this is a good or a bad thing. I know kids change what they "want to grow up and be" like all the time. In his short life he has already wanted to be a doctor, a farmer, and a superhero. So I'm pretty sure this too shall pass. But if not I tell him that if he does grow up and become a pro, make sure he introduces mommy to one of the hot-beef cakes he may work with...I kid, I kid!
My daughter, I'm not too sure what she want's to be. She has said she wants to be Princess Tiana, from The Princess and the Frog. Then at times she says she wants to grow up to be mommy. I just hope that whatever they decide to do with their lives that it is productive, successful, and helpful to others. I also hope they make their decisions based on the right reasons and not just because of how much money they can potentially make.
I remember back when I was a kid, the first person I remember wanting to be when I grew up was Tina Turner, minus the whole Ike kicking my ass part though. Yes, I was a small white child that wanted to grow up to be an African American woman! Lol. I would watch her concerts on TV and try my hardest to copy her signature dance. With time and countless viewings I did, if I must say so myself, become pretty good at that dance. Proud Mary!
I remember watching it so much so that my grandma became pretty sick of Tina. Haha. This may be sad to admit, but sometimes when I'm alone I turn on that song and boogie down all by myself. (God, I hope no one ever catches me doing this! I can only imagine how it looks from the outside looking in.) But anyhow, there is my sad little admission.
The second person I wanted to be when I grew up was Lucille Ball. I loved her then and I love her now. She is probably the funniest person in history to me. She didn't have to be crude or vulgar to get laughs, and that is probably why I love her so much. I've watched "I Love Lucy" reruns so much that I can recite a lot of episodes word for word. It is one show that no matter how old I get, they will never get old for me.
Then there were the other's I wanted to be when I grew up. They tended to change a lot more, the older that I became. For a while I wanted to be Madonna. Why, I don't know. Probably because to me she was such a free spirit and always pushed the limits. For a while I wanted to be a marine biologist, (my first non-celebrity career). Then I wanted to be a lawyer, that was until I found out how much school was involved. That ended that prospect real quick. I've never been one for structure. There was a time when I was in my later teen years that I wanted to join the Army or Air Force. Mostly to get the hell out of dodge, but those goals ended rather quickly too. I was trying to get away from structure only to realize I would be putting myself in more extreme rules.
I think I have settled on a few things now that I strive to be. I am a parent of two of the most wonderful children in the world. I strive to be the best mommy to them that I can possibly be. I also write a lot, on here and in other aspects. I'm working on a few stories now, and praying that the writer's block I experience from time to time permanently releases it's grip on me. Maybe one day, when I hopefully finish one of those stories I can be blessed enough to get published. (Fingers crossed). I've been writing since I was a kid, and have finished numerous stories. My friend Ashley has a lot of those old stories, and hopefully she doesn't use them as a form of blackmail one day! (Ashley, can we please burn those things?! Lmao).
I hope that my dreams come true for me and that my children's dreams come true for them. Whatever those dreams are and whatever paths they choose to follow in life. Whatever they (or you who is reading this) decide on in life to do, do it to the best of your ability and with more enthusiasm than has even been done before. Never let anyone tell you that you can't, because you can. The people that tell you "you can't" are usually the same people who haven't achieved what they've wanted to in life and don't want to see you or other's succeed where they've been unable to. "Never give up on your dreams, and they'll never give up on you."
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