Like Mother Like Daughter.

So, I'm a junior in college.

"Sooooo what are you planning on doing after graduation?"

"What career plans do you have?"

I'm a French/Spanish major. 

"Oooo what do you want to do with that?"

"What CAN you do with that?"

Let me just answer all these questions really quickly.

I DON'T KNOW. 

I have absolutely no idea what I am going to be doing after graduation next May.

I barely even know what I'm going to be doing this weekend, 

much less next year. 

I really don't have any specific career in mind. 

I never have. 

French and Spanish were just the most logical...and easiest...choice for me. 

(thanks Calcasieu Parish and CODOFIL)

The thing is, I have a pretty broad field to choose from career wise. 

There are several jobs I could see myself doing and absolutely loving.

I could see myself coaching tennis for the rest of my life. 

And I would absolutely love that. 

I love tennis. 

I love coaching. 

It's fun watching my students understand and succeed, in the sport that I love so much.

It's very rewarding and fun. 

I could see myself as a teacher. 

Preferably high school or college level.

I would love being an English teacher or even a French teacher.

I love literature. 

I like reading it and learning about it.

I find it interesting.

And I think it would be nice to be able to share that.

I could see myself as a detective. 

I would LOVE to be a detective, or police officer. 

Call me crazy, but it looks FUN. 

I like thinking and trying to figure things out. 

I like solving puzzles and answering questions. 

I like finding solutions.

And I have very developed deductive skills.

But the job I want most is to be Mom. 

(for some of you who know me, I pretty much already am, except I have no kids)

I can't help it. 

I wanna be da mama. 

And it's not like I just want babies to play with, 

or that I have this crazy desire to be pregnant or something.

I just want to love kids that need it. 

I don't even really have to have my "own" kids. 

(I would like to but if not thats okay too)

I just know that there are kids out there that aren't loved. 

And I know that I can love them.

I don't really know how to explain how strongly I feel about this.

And so that leads me to believe that this is nothing short of divine.

I haven't always felt this way.

But I do now. 

And I know that this is what I was made for. 

This is what I will be good at. 

And I was made so for a reason. 

This job gets to take all of the jobs I could see myself doing and enjoying,

and it meshes them all into one. 

As a mother I will get to be 

coach, 

teacher,

detective,

chef, 

baker,

housekeeper,

laundress,

etc, 

etc, 

etc...

This list could go on forever. 

Maybe I've just had such a good example of what a mother looks like that all I can think to do is to emulate that.

I have an incredible mother.

She is very loving, encouraging, smart, creative, disciplined, etc, etc

(this list could go on forever too)

She has taken in so many as her own children. 

And I LOVE the picture of what she does.

She loves those who are not her own, as though they were. 

(she and my dad are REALLY good at this)

So maybe I just want to be like my mom. 

I want to love like they are my own. 

And I want to love on as many as God will give me. 

So I'm not saying I want to be mommy to my 3 perfect angels. 

I want to be mommy to the multitudes. 

The ones that other people don't want.

Those are the babies I WANT.

The rejected, abused, abandoned, orphaned, etc, etc

Those are the ones I want. 

Those are the ones I  need.

Those are the ones I am made for. 

Like they say

Like mother, like daughter.