It occurred to me that I need to start writing again. Well that’s kind of a lie. It hit me like a sledge hammer during two particularly sad incidents this weekend. One was while talking to my twins. I was upset and they asked why. Not wanting to tell them the entire story, I gave the jist of it by saying “Don’t let anybody ever try to get to you to give up your dreams. No matter what they are. You can achieve them if you never stop trying. You can anything you want to do!”
RaRa put her arms around me and Taty said “What are you dreams Mommy?” It took me no time for me to respond. Seriously, the words flowed off my lips in the blink of an eye. I said “I wanna be a famous writer, a good DJ, a great mom and a good wife”.
Rara squeezed me and said, “Well, you have the other three and you went to college for writing so you need to start writing.” Taty said “Yeah Mommy, you used to write a lot”. I agreed with the two of them but it didn’t really hit me then.
Two nights later, my husband and I got into a serious discussion about his goals and aspirations. He seemed stuck in a rut according to him. I started to remind him of all the things I knew he enjoyed and ways to tap into his potential. I told him that the first thing that attracted me to him was his writing. When we met on the web, I never saw his picture clearly but his writing was so incredible. As a bibliophile, it drew me and I could hear him speaking even though we had never spoke.
His love and knowledge of sports is also incredible. I know sports too, I’ve always been a bit of a boy, but my husband is brilliant on the subject. The kicker is he’s so good at talking about it, I know he would enjoy writing about it. I promised him I would be more of a motivator as well as a cheerleader for his interests and aspirations.
Here I am giving him the same advice the twins gave me.
So I’m going to start writing again. I hope to live up to my “potential” and I hope you enjoy it. Listen to those who love you the most. They will give you the power to charge ahead and accomplish your dreams.
