Career Day

It’s been a great many years since I was in Mrs. McKinley’s kindergarten class at St. Lawrence, but I have many vivid memories of that year. I can remember the whole class jumping off our chairs while we were learning about gravity. I remember walking over to the big building (we were in a separate one) to tell the principal that the keys for the phone closet were locked in closet. Except once I got there, i couldn’t remember what the message was, until multiple calls to the little building when I finally remembered! Oh yeah! The phone closet is locked!
I also remember career day. I wanted to be a mom...that’s what my mom was. Sure there were firemen in my class and astronauts and maybe a business man or two, but I was content with my little baby doll and my ’mom clothes’ (although i am not into mom clothes now)

So that’s me now. I am the mom. I have one jogging outfit, but the rest of my clothes are normal mom or not mom clothes!! I always dreamed of having a little girl. I thought that it made sense for me because I was and am a girl and I was freaked out at the thought of raising a boy. But God didn’t just give me any boy...HE GAVE ME LUCA! A high energy, handsome, charming baby boy and it is wonderful. I just couldn’t imagine a girl. Maybe years down the road...but I’m not looking there yet. Today’s simplicity is too much fun. Watching Luca learn to grab at things (he got my hair yesterday), and interact with his toys (usually by eating them) is too precious to miss.
So, if I could go back to Mrs. McKinley and tell her my career choice, I’d still choose to be a mom.