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Earth Mama Wannabe
There is this idealistic part of me that wants to be an earth mother, living on a big piece of land with 10 kids. Unfortunately the logistics just never lined up. Rocky marriage, lack of patience for the two kids I do have, and of course, the land. Anyway, I try to be content within my current circumstances, but most days I feel like I'm still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up. Mom is my favorite job to date, and the only one I really want to do full time, but unfortunately the currency in which I'm paid isn't accepted at most stores. Although whoever said your good looks won't get you anything never met my girls. Their cuteness has gotten them free stuff on more than one occasion. My point here,...I'm not sure. Other than, life is what we make of it and idealism and reality have to meet somewhere in the middle. Most of all I try to enjoy the ride, savor it, because I know it will go by in the blink of an eye... 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
bushelandapeck
on Jun 19, 2008 at 07:30 AM
Yes, it does go by so fast. I wish I could put life on slow-mo sometimes. posted by
kevinmorrison
on Jun 17, 2008 at 09:04 AM
I go back and forth. There are some days I wish we lived on a chunk of land within sight of nothing else. But other days, I like that I can step outside my front door and have a conversation with my neighbor without leaving my porch. I think that is why we all do vacations in the way we do. There are exceptions of course, but I've noticed a pattern. People who live in the country, do vacations in the big attraction cities. People who live in the city, do vacations out in the country or up in the mountains. When we were moving from L.A., Jill had an offer to teach in Porterville. There was opportunity for good size property and it's a relatively quiet city. We liked that after our "busy" city upbringing, but thought about our kids and the limited opportunities they would have there. That was because we both grew up in L.A. and were comparing their growing up to ours. So we turned down Porterville and kept looking in Bakersfield. In hindsight, we could have had a very nice existence in Porterville or any other small town, we would have just lived differently than we are used to. We would have been rural people who vacationed in the big cities. I'm rambling. Don't know if that made sense. But we do, like you, make an effort to enjoy the ride for what it is, and I think we're doing that pretty well so far!
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