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| Me around my 7th birthday (1991) photo credit to my auntie Analise |
Linking up with Mama Kat again this week for writers workshop. If you want to learn more about it, click the link at the bottom of this post. The prompt I chose this week is:
Ask a parent to describe what you were like as a small child (under the age of 7), do you still have the same tendencies?
When I asked my mom what I was like as a small child, this is the answer I got: Wow. Happy, stubborn when you thought you were right. Liked playing with other kids. Everyone stopped me to say how pretty you were. At preschool the teachers said you were always one of the best kids. People also always said you and Colleen (my sister) were great together.
I think that a lot of that still applies to me today. Most of the time I am a happy person. I try my hardest to look at the bright side of things. I am definitely stubborn when I think I'm right (who isn't!?).
I love being around other people, but not too many. I am easily overwhelmed in social situations where I am unfamiliar with the other people. But put me in a place with my friends and family and I love it. I am a people person and really don't do well when I am alone.
Some people say I am pretty. I don't always see it in the mirror, but I'm working on it.
They won't let me go to preschool anymore, but at work I like to think I'm the best. I tease my coworkers that I am just so awesome they can't handle it. Not sure that is the same or not. I do have a lot of confidence that I know what I am doing and am good at my job. I love the social interaction with the patients and my work family.
Things with my sister have, honestly, never been better. We have become amazing friends over the last couple years and have only gotten closer with my current situation. She is so wonderful with my girls and though she claims not to want children, I am still holding out hope that she might have one someday. I would say that today, we are even more great then we were back then.
So, how do you compare with your past self?
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My first grade teacher always liked to take me out in the hallway with her to do the bulletin board when she was having a bad day. She told my mom that I always told great stories and it made her day better! I'm still pretty imaginative and creative!
ReplyDeleteI can see a resemblance between your picture and your daughters at the top on your blog, except we used to get bangs in the early 90s! :-)
Thanks for the comment Sam. I like to think that my girls look like me because I think they are beautiful!
DeleteLol, they won't let you go to preschool anymore! Life was good in preschool! I think I have a lot of the same habits now that I did as a child--I think I fought against them for awhile, and felt like I needed to be more outgoing, more social, things like that. Once I accepted I work best with a small group of friends and that I'm an introvert, (just like in preschool!) I was much happier.
ReplyDeleteThey won't! I was pretty bummed out about that. But my coworkers sometimes make work feel like preschool lol
DeleteSuch a cute picture! You haven't skipped a beat and I agree, having a sister is the best!
ReplyDeleteI love that picture! And thanks.
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