I thought I had done such a good job. "Children, you want to grab every opportunity that comes your way. Expand your horizons. Learn new things. Eat a balanced diet."
Children got older. They went to school and learned. Finally they walked away with degrees and degrees. And it all started going south. Literally.
Number One son took his computer programing and software design seriously and after a few years in Hawaii and California, took his family and was recruited to Australia. Number one daughter ran off with husband to California and now has her family and a hectic life in San Antonio. Ummm, maybe I didn't mean expand horizons quite that far away.
Now, tonight, we will watch our other Number One daughter get on a plane and be off to Peru to seek her dream. She has her first job out of college (other than the year of volunteer work in Brazil) many miles away. At a university in Lima.
A sad father reflects: why did they have to take me so seriously? why did they pick up on THIS so well? But what would I say if I could start over?
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I share your sentiments exactly. Well said, brother.
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