Blast From The Past

Today I wasted a lot of time waiting for an appointment that didn't happen. I was supposed to have a follow up appointment with the surgeon who did my reduction and my appointment was for 2:10. Unfortunately I would need to be home by 3 because my husband would have to leave for work and this Dr. has a reputation for being late.

As I sat in the lobby I decided to do what most people do and flip through one of the magazines. Looking at the rack I saw a familiar face staring at me off the cover of Elevate Magazine. Melanie Chong is a model that I always spot since her family attended my church when I was young. She's spent a lot of time on early on in the Sears Catalog and since then has gone on to be a fairly successful model. It seems that now she has launched her own skin care line as well. As I perused the pages another picture caught my eye. I thought, that girl looks familiar too. Where do I know that face from and I realized with a start that the editor of the magazine is one of my oldest friends in the world. Our families were friends and I remember many an embarrassing story of the two of us and our antics as pre teens.

You don't expect to see people that you know on the cover of magazines or in visibly successful positions and this discovery did two things for me. First it made me excited for them and happy for the success they have seen however the second was, if I am to be completely honest, verging on jealousy. Not because I would want to do exactly what it is they are doing but mostly just because they have found something that they are so good at and been able to work that into a career. I feel like I am still a teenager trying to figure myself out and I'm so surprised when other people my age have already been successful for years. I know that right now I am focusing on the very important job of raising my children and I do enjoy my time with them at home. It's just that I can't help wondering what it is I will actually do to bring in some income once I do need to "go back to work". That's when I feel a little lost. Sometimes I believe it would just be easier if there was a person that said, you are good at .... and that is what you should do. Hopefully I'll be able to find something creative and fun that works for me and one day be a success too.

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