Yesterday, our kid told his pedia that he wants to be a doctor like her. Last month, he told his barber that he wants to be a barber like him.
Kids have funny dreams of what they wanna be.
But a lot of that changes when they get to choose which college course to take.
My wife’s college story was worth noting.
While being enrolled in a computer course, a professor told her she’s good at accounting and she should change courses mid semester. And she did. And she graduated.
But whenever invoices and numbers are stressing her out, she peevishly say she didn’t even choose accounting in the first place.
But I guess accounting chose her.
We will always choose the best path before us. And that is ok.
But sometimes God’s will can only be found in roads less travelled.
It’s the intersection of what brings you great joy, what brings you great struggle, and what brings you great learning.
And at this season of me and my wife's married life, that intersection is not our careers.
It is parenting.
The joys, the struggles, the learnings are all real.
As parents, we are the first influencers of our child’s life. Whether we like it or not. Whether we are actively present or unconsciously absent. We give our kids the lenses of how they might see and discover the world. And pray that God will determine their steps.
No one told me and my wife that the “terrible two” can happen at any age.
Sometimes we jokingly say we didn’t think of becoming parents in the first place.
But I guess parenting chose us.
And in case it chose you, too, just know that you're doing a great job!
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