What do you want to be when you grow up?

The other day I was at work making sandwiches because that's what I do for a living, and thinking about the conversation my daughter and I had on the way to school that morning. She had announced that she wants to be a police woman some day and I had said, "Oh that's what you want to be when you grow up?" As I was making sandwiches I thought about myself as a kid and wondered if anyone had ever asked me that.

I don't remember any specific times I was asked, but every kid gets asked what they want to be, and my answer must have been "a writer". I've always loved writing. But no, no one ever asks their kids, "How do you want to make money to support yourself when you grow up?" They say, "What do you want to do??" This little difference leaves the question up for interpretation. So, as a kid, I probably would have answered "I want to tell stories when I grow up."

That's what I did as a kid. I told stories. I wrote them down. I drew them. I dreamed them up. But no matter how I told them, it all came back to just telling it. 

But, I'm grown up (mostly) and I don't tell stories. And I thought, that's really sad. But, do I still want to tell stories??? Yes. Definitely. I still love writing. I love making up stories. I tell my husband stories all the time. So, this blog is to keep me honest, keep me going, find friends and support along the way.... because now that I'm grown up I would like to try to get one of my stories published. And not to make money to support myself, or my family, but to get my story out there! And share it with everyone.

This should be fun. :)