I will severely miss the hot humid days that Indiana decides to spring upon us. It went from 90 degrees in the afternoon to a ridiculous outburst of rain followed by hail. Got to love NW Indiana.
Today I got to spend some time with one of my favorite people in the world, Kelley. I picked her up from VU and we headed off to the sandy shores of Lake Michigan. It was about ten degrees cooler by the lake because of the wind, but we loaded up with sunscreen and soaked up the rays. We reminisced about our study abroad days and our crazy travels to Spain. Kelley happens to love people watching and it quickly turned into a saga about the family near us. The father figure looked barely older than us and we watched him interact with his four year old. He cussed, smoked, and didn't even watch as the son made his way into the lake. Kelley was shocked and not amused by the whole exchange. We ended up talking about the kind of parents that we want to be and how much she wants to be a mom.
Have you ever seen the way that certain young adults interact with kids? Most of the time you can tell within a couple of minutes if they will be a good parent. Our conversation opened up a part of me that I haven't been in touch with for a long time. I know that I want to be a mom one day. Just like teaching, it's what God put me on this earth to do. It's hard to see young families at the beach and to know that I'm very far from having that. In my last post I talked about how I'm not ready to be in a relationship and how I still need to be on my own. It's difficult some days to deal with that when it comes at the cost of being a mom. Guess I'll just have to wait for my turn.
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