Cathy’s Brochure Meme, or Eight Life Questions
Sara tagged me for this meme, which started when Cathy found a brochure of life questions.
Eight Questions About Our Lives
Because Eight Questions Are Plenty
1. What is the best part of your life right now?
My family. In particular, my close relationships with my husband, who really is my best friend, and my 5 yo son, who is amazing to talk to and play with. I’m also grateful to be drawing ever closer to a small set of friends, who support me through thick and thin.
2. What do you think the best part of the near future will be?
Hearing my daughter talk! She has a few syllables now and several signs, but I can’t wait to hear what her voice really will sound like, and be able to go further in exploring the world together.
3. What are you most afraid of?
Cathy and Sara tapped into the top mother’s fear: losing a child. Because of my own special genetic mutation (really!) I’m also very fearful of dying young and leaving my children without a mother.
4. What are you a little worried about?
I’m a little worried about making the right impression when the social worker comes calling, rebalancing our lives to the rising costs of food and transportation, my children taking headers off things like bleachers or couches, both of which happened last Thursday.
5. What do you dream of?
I’m assuming, like Cathy and Sara did, that this means “hope for” and not “what goes on in your crazy head when you shut your eyes at night.” Who doesn’t dream of world peace, starting with the mess in Iraq? Or a greener Earth, in every way? I dream of seeing my children as adults, happy and peaceful and confident in finding their own ways. I dream, like Sara, of a radical shift in “education” in this country, to a take-what-pleases you, public library model, with enough support for those children whose parents can’t support them, and enough freedom for the families who want it.
A self-cleaning kitchen is on my list too.
6. Who do you trust the most to share these things with?
First and foremost, in a circle all his own, my husband. A few close friends get admission too.
7. What questions do you have?
Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong? Why won’t Hilary step aside? What’s the best educational blend for my kids? Will I live up to the high standard of mothering set by my own mother? Where will life take us? Why do fools fall in love?
8. What gifts and skills can you share?
I’m a good listener. I’m good at thinking outside the box and problem solving. I’m good with directions and finding garage sales. I can help you with calculus, physics or reading music. I bake a mean molasses cookie. I can organize your book collection, by subject or title or author or, once, by color. I promise not to tag you with this meme!
I tagged everyone last time, so for this meme, I’ll just leave it open. Leave me a comment if you decide to answer these questions too! (Leigh, you cannot point folks to my blog for your life this time! So there, I do tag you!)
April 6th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I may do this one.
Will I live up to the high standard of mothering set by my own mother?
If a visible sign of living up to said high standard is constantly fretting about whether you are living up to it, then you are doing just fine and are, in fact, pretty much exactly like her.
