Ryan cut off my daydreaming with these words, "Well let's be honest, he can't really be ANYTHING he wants to be. I wanted to be an NBA player and that never happened" Although it made me laugh at the time, it was like a shot to the heart.
Some may say I'm a dreamer... and I know that I do have this unbridled and probably unrealistic view of life, that if you want something bad enough you can get it. I believe people have big dreams, small dreams...whatever, but go after them. Although my version of my dream has somewhat changed over the years (I used to want to write for Hallmark, until I learned I had to live in Kansas City to do so...darn), I look around at my life and I have to pinch myself sometimes. To me I'm living the dream, our family, my work, our home, our travels, etc...yes along the way I had to make some sacrifices, there were amazing times and challenging times but I do believe I worked hard and had a support system of people around me who continued to believe in whatever my dreams were - realistic or unrealistic as they could have been.
So I guess Ryan and I will choose to complement each others ways of supporting our kids. Ryan will remain the realistic father who will be honest with their child about certain talents (so they don't end up a contestant on American Idol who thought they could always sing because their parents told them they were good when in actuality...well you know), but I will probably always remain the dreamer, and hey if my sons have a dream of being an NBA player and they have showed me they have worked hard enough for it, you better believe I will be stocking every NBA scout trying to get my babies through the door and on that court! I guess I'm just that kind of mommy...
Here is a little something I put together a while back, but thought I would share :)
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"Caleb, I want to talk to you about something very important..."
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| One day you're going to do amazing things! Like walk and talk, and explore the amazing world! Look up there Caleb!" |
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| "Caleb, are you paying attention?!" |
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| "Brayden, my fingers smell like milk" "Caleb focus! As I was saying..." |
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| "I wonder when I'll get my milk..." (-Caleb) "You know Caleb, as your big brother, I'll always be there for you..." |
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| "...milk, milk, milk..." (-Caleb) "Caleb, pay attention!" "Brayden, is it Milk time?" |
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| "Mom, Caleb isn't paying attention!!" |
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| "Hmmm...was that a Yes or No?" |
