I am babysitting for a family tonight as a favor—and in reciprocation to them for watching our kids just last night so that we could have a night out—and I am sort of kind of watching the Olympic trials of tack and field. As I sit here comfy on a couch, following a day of way-too-much to eat and little exercise, and typing on my computer, I am peeking over at these amazing athletes. It’s amazing to me that their whole lives can ride on 10 seconds of a trial run. Ten seconds! All of that training, all of the glory can end in just 10 seconds. Amazing. I suppose they devote their lives to what they do.
On the other hand, I am wondering who these people really are and how they came to do what they do. As a mother, I feel we often forget just where we came from and what we did before we became mommy to some little person. I very seldom hear from people about what they did before they became a parent. I assume we all worked—DINKS (double income before kids)? But yet I have very little of an idea, if any, of what some of my fellow moms have done. I suppose we feel we are devoting our lives to our children.
I feel I am lucky that I am still able to express myself as a mom, and as a professional. I know a lot of other people really would not want that, and I respect that. I don’t think it is for everyone, as is having kids, or having a career. It is hard knowing that you cannot devote 100 percent to everything. I say I am devoted to giving 100 percent of me at work when I am there 50 percent of the time. But I am curious to know what kinds of backgrounds people have in their lives. I also am curious to know how these super athletes started out and what got them to where they are today. I really am very interested in seeing how the future plays out for our own kids. Will they be the next best athlete and in what sport? And when is it that they begin to express that interest. I often hear that people have made up their minds when they are three, but that seems so early to me. Granted, I have a three year old of my own so I guess I find it hard to think that she knows what she wants to be when she grows up. She has a hard enough time trying to figure out what she wants to do in the next three minutes…
Anyway, I guess my point is that I am interested in learning more about people, about life and about history and what kinds of devotions people have. So, I invite you to share your history with me. Looking forward to learning more!
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Hey. . .love that you are doing two blogs.
Me: I was an IT consultant for PriceWaterhouse out of college and then went to Vanguard to implement Human Resource Mgmt systems and lead IT projects for our website and other internal projects.
Zach: I think for sure there is some passion inside of him coming out. He likes to play baseball and he is GOOD at it. He has always had good eye hand coordination so I write about it in his letterbox and get excited about the thought of which of his interests will evolve into a talent.
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