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ivybgreenflower) wrote2008-02-10 01:24 am
ivybgreenflower) wrote2008-02-10 01:24 am
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Hmm
You know what I realized?
The only thing I can get really, really, really fired up about these days seems to be my future children. I don't want a child now, but I know someday in the distant (or not-so-distant?) future, I'll have a baby or babies of my own. And nothing makes me feel more happy, excited, terrified, anxious, etc than thinking about what I can teach them. I literally pray, fairly often, for a daughter (and I just know God will kick my ass and give me either a boy or a girl who is uninterested in the color pink, dresses, and everything else) and I know what I'll name her. My little Anne will learn how to swim before she can walk. She'll know that the sun is good for you, but you still have to wear a hat and sunscreen. She'll know that bugs are icky but we don't kill them anyway. She'll know how to read as soon as she can speak, because I'll read to her every single night no matter how sick or tired I am. She'll love music, because I'll play Beatles for her before she's even born. She'll appreciate languages, because we'll learn Spanish together. I'll take her to museums and show her the ancient pottery and the modern art and we'll learn about science and history and geography and we'll tackle algebra together. She'll have everything I had and everything I wish I had, no matter how poor I end up being.
When I was a kid, we were pretty poor. I never knew. I never had a clue we were on welfare. I didn't know what it meant to not have money, because we didn't feel poor. My parents did the best job they could. My mother read to me and put on PBS and my father encouraged my imagination. They were great people and I hope I can do half as well as they did.
Also, my new favorite movie is The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
-1:32 AM
The only thing I can get really, really, really fired up about these days seems to be my future children. I don't want a child now, but I know someday in the distant (or not-so-distant?) future, I'll have a baby or babies of my own. And nothing makes me feel more happy, excited, terrified, anxious, etc than thinking about what I can teach them. I literally pray, fairly often, for a daughter (and I just know God will kick my ass and give me either a boy or a girl who is uninterested in the color pink, dresses, and everything else) and I know what I'll name her. My little Anne will learn how to swim before she can walk. She'll know that the sun is good for you, but you still have to wear a hat and sunscreen. She'll know that bugs are icky but we don't kill them anyway. She'll know how to read as soon as she can speak, because I'll read to her every single night no matter how sick or tired I am. She'll love music, because I'll play Beatles for her before she's even born. She'll appreciate languages, because we'll learn Spanish together. I'll take her to museums and show her the ancient pottery and the modern art and we'll learn about science and history and geography and we'll tackle algebra together. She'll have everything I had and everything I wish I had, no matter how poor I end up being.
When I was a kid, we were pretty poor. I never knew. I never had a clue we were on welfare. I didn't know what it meant to not have money, because we didn't feel poor. My parents did the best job they could. My mother read to me and put on PBS and my father encouraged my imagination. They were great people and I hope I can do half as well as they did.
Also, my new favorite movie is The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
-1:32 AM
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And, that sounds nice. =D
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