Can you imagine me, single mother, 52ys old accepting a new job, a new challenge?! Well, that's what happened. I'm starting August 1st.
Yesterday I came home and my 13y old daughter, Micky Puck, was painting. I asked her for whom she did that. She just said without looking at me: for you. So I left her with her painting. After a while she came into the kitchen and told me the painting was finished so I could take a look at it. The front was a standard cute dog and cat painting, but I was really surprised by the text on the back. She made it because of my new job.
A couple of weeks ago, when I was still struggling about yes or no, we were talking about it in the car. I was driving, she was playing with her Nintendo DS. Suddenly she said to me, without looking at me, just playing along with her Nintendo ... 'Mum, you always told me that when you are given an opportunity, you will have to take it, otherwise you're going to regret it'. Right back in the face!
That's what I needed. Everybody telling me, including my sensible self, 'you are alone with a child', 'you have a steady job' ... Now I'm going to a job which isn't steady at all, it is a big risk, with more freedom ... I think I give a better example to my daughter this way.
front side of the present of my daughter:
back side of the present of my daughter, it says "for mum. from Micky. Congratulations with your job, I'm proud of our choice, you can do it"
Saturday last week a friend came by, Helma, and her friend Robert. They brought me this plant with a label hanging on it: "We're proud of you"
This says it all. I've made the right decission, even when it fails.
