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Daily prompt: Futures past

12 Sunday Jul 2015

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As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? How close or far are you from that vision?
I can remember, for as far back as my memory allows me to go, wanting to be a doctor. It wasn’t the science that drew me in, rather it was the healing and the nurturing that appealed to me. I remember whenever my young friends would get scraped or beat up, I would run home to get a warm facecloth, bandaids and hydrogen peroxide, all used to put them back together. Blood and open wounds never bothered me, I never went so far as to set a broken bone, but I did fashion myself a splint or two for my sprained fingers over the years. I also was the queen of splinter removal, I did it quickly and painlessly.

My failure became a reality due to my complete disbelief in myself and my capabilities, I let my insecurities and fear dictate my life for most of my youth. If ever there was a lesson my present-day self could give my younger self, it would be to go for my dreams no matter what, it wouldn’t matter which university, which medical school I went to, the most important part would be becoming a healer; chemistry, biochemistry and every other nightmare of a class would eventually be passed, the details didn’t have to overshadow the bigger picture.

My mother read me an article about a women who just got her medical license at 58 years old; I admire that woman so much. The thought of going back to university and medical school doesn’t appeal to me now, instead I am hellbent on getting published and writing as a career, that is the dream that drives me now. I am not going to allow any negativity to stop me from my goal.

Doing the happy dance

27 Tuesday Nov 2012

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goals, NaNoWriMo challenge, postaday2012, word count, writing goals

Today I wrote the last 3000 words, I typed the last word at 11:00 and I uploaded the entire 50,140 words, 70 pages in total, onto the NaNoWriMo website and then I got up and did a happy dance, hooray! I am relieved to be done for now, I have to get back to my novel to finish it, I know, but for now I am taking a few days to relax.

A light snow has been falling all day here in Blandford and little Jack was non to thrilled to be dragged outside to do his usual walks, even with his coat on. If you could hear me talking to Jack over my shoulder, trying to egg him on saying “come one Jack, Maman is getting snowed on as well and it isn’t that bad. Come on Jack, the faster you walk the faster we’ll be home and it’s not as if I’m making you walk all alone, I’m with you getting cold as soon as we get back I’ll make you a fire”

In the midst and in between all that drama, the drama with Jack was each and every time we went out. I loaded up the library with wood and the baby boy came by to check on his Maman and helped me bring in a huge mess of firewood into the garage, out of the snow.

I am not thinking about my novel for a few days instead I am going to finish the Christmas tree and finish decorating the rest of the house.

I feel good about what I did today,:)

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