– A Fireman
– Dancer
– Teacher
– Doctor
– Musician
– Parent
– Writer
– Singer
– Pilot
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Married
Did you always know you wanted to be a parent?
Did you think you could have it all?
Were you mostly fearful or easy going or something in between?
Looking back at thoughts and memories is a step forward, believe it or not.
A couple I worked with in regards to the transition they were sitting in, discovered that they both wanted to be artists. They were fearful to dream because life hadn’t been an easy road. Now that the children are married and in grad school, they decided to move, and go build their life space around the most HAPPY PLACE they always wanted…an ART STUDIO. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR HAPPY SPACE?
Some people are meant to be parents all their life. There is no guilt about what makes you happy. Can you find a way to tweak the outcome and lean into happy? You might not be able to be the kind of parents you want to be with your children and do you think there is a way to live that parenting feeling beyond your nest?
Share with us here under comments what you thought you wanted to be when you grew up. I thought I wanted to own an orphanage. More about that at another time.
Happy summer,
Natalie
Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org
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