Who do you want to be?
Introduction
Halloween Time! It started at our house somewhere mid-August
when the kids started asking about -Christmas and I explained how much closer
Halloween was.
I have a love-hate relationship with Halloween. I don’t like
how eager everyone is to load my kids up with sugar. And let’s face it: I’m not
a horror fan. I used to LOVE the spooks and chills that come with zombies,
ghosts, and witches. Not so much anymore.
But I do love the
parties. And the costumes! Of course,
planning the costumes for each person in my family…can be challenging.
Sometime in the middle of September, I sat my family down
and asked them what they wanted their costumes to be. Because seriously, the
costumes come up in August and sell out really fast. By
October it’s like “Okay
kid, do you want Deadpool or do we want to go as the color green this year?” Actually,
I would never let them be Deadpool.
My two-year-old
wanted to be anything my four-year-old wanted to be and they both want Daddy to
be the same. It was a close vote, but Batman beat Buzz Lightyear by a narrow
margin. So, the boys will be going as “Daddy Batman,” “Kid Batman” and “Baby
Batman” this year. My seven-year-old couldn’t decide between a zombie or a
jack-o-lantern. The pumpkin won out in the end. This was switched to a princess
when we got to the store and she had a good variety of suggestions. And then
there is my six-year-old.
I had ten different things she wanted to be written down. We
had anything from Merida to Moana to a blanket. Yes, she wanted me to put down
“a brown blanket”. I’m still giggling about it. Let’s just hope the Belle
costume we finally landed on will make all her Halloween dreams come true!
Being who you want to be. For Halloween, and in life.
Dressing up is my favorite part of Halloween because I can
choose to be whatever I want to be—when I grow up. Yup. I just put a metaphoric
layer to Halloween. Honestly, most years I grab a pair of black ears and paint
mascara on my face just for an easy cat costume so I go to parties quickly. But
when I have time and money to invest: I’m usually a princess or a superhero.
Ha! This year, I may go as a world-famous author. Or a lawyer. Okay, I’m super
pregnant right now. Maybe I’ll just go with how I feel: like a toddling
hippopotamus. Moving on.
Figuring out your dreams and passions—what will make you
happiest in this life—can be a daunting task. One not easily solved by a trip
to the store and twenty bucks. In our society you are what you do. So, what do you want to do?
Just like my kids and Halloween costumes, people have
different ways of coming to their passion.
Thanks to my parents, I grew up knowing I could be literally whatever I wanted to be.
Thanks to my husband and children and God, I am becoming that. (Still growing
up over here.)
The question I’m really posing here is about you. Do you
realize that you can do anything you want to—starting now? This minute?
Every dawning is a new day. A chance to move forward, reach
for those dreams, and reinvent who you are. People do like to stereotype. It
seems to be the lazy way of making a quick decision about someone. Sometimes it’s
difficult to be seen as different than you have been, but with time and
consistency, it can all change.
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