Prompt Day 2 from Shimelle…..

You always say that I could have chosen anything to do as a profession, but really, I think that you would not have been pleased if I had chosen garbage truck driver or lounge singer over teaching. Now, honestly the garbage truck driver thing passed quickly enough, but even through college I harbored dreams of being a lounge singer- or a starving artist, but I love food so much. No sushi- are you kidding me? Not really something I want to aspire to.
As a female of my generation I was brought up believing not only that we could be anything, but that we should be Something. It was our duty. Secretly, harboring ideas of becoming a housewife? No, see, because that is not all that you could be doing. We were supposed to find our calling- as long as it was not a “traditional calling.” I have to admit that for a time I even thought that teacher was not enough. I mean- I could be a doctor- a lawyer- a politician. Why on earth would I choose something that women- albeit single women- have been choosing for such a long time.
So I tried coming up with better and more brilliant ideas- but now I am thinking not so much. No one can be everything. And that is just fine by me.