We all were in a moment of doubt and we were thinking:"Where am I going in life?" and sometimes some of us filled up with regret. We didn't get that particular degree. Or we should have maybe stayed in school. We acted a certain way that alienated us. We lose ourselves, believing that we have made choices that were "wrong" and life would have been better if we didn't even make them... I definitely sailed that ship, docked it, only to hop back on it again... losing myself in thoughts of self deprecation. We all have been there.
My mom certainly was there. She definitely had her days that she regretted not pursuing her dentistry as far as her two sisters have. She gave it up to raise three crazy kids. Between the two career moves, she definitely picked the hardest one out there. Raise the family. Especially with kids like us... (or maybe it was more me, I know I was definitely a nightmare on First Avenue in Ottawa.) But she did it, she raised us, and we may not be super heroes now, but I do believe that she raised some pretty funky kids. I remember her going through a lot of hard times before I moved out to go to school... and she sometimes wished she kept going with her dentistry. Her sisters are living in San Diego making loads of money. We kept reassuring her that she has nothing to regret, she has three awesome kids to be proud of. She held her head up high, always positive, singing all the time and laughed a lot with us. We were happy that though she wished she stuck to her career, she still looked at the positive.
Things were lining up, dad planned to retire finally and they bought a new place in Ottawa. They were ready to be a couple again (ew... sorry... even at my age I'll always cringe... with every ounce of daughterly love I have!)
Then life takes another turn...
Mom saw an add for a new position at a college of dentistry to teach. Mom submitted a resume out of the blue. My mom's always like that, she has a great "why not" attitude. Then she got the call for the interview. At 61, my mom wasn't sure what to think. She went in... and the dean who interviewed her asked her to be in charge of the dentistry program there!!! She gets to teach kids there and plan out a whole program for the school. She just went from stay at home mom to woman in charge of a program!
My mom called the kids and we all were sooooo stoked and so proud of her!! She's never looked at life negatively even at its worse of times. She's accepted that she wasn't going to be a dentist anymore. She was happy, then life rewarded her like this!!
I think I wanted to share this because mom's been such an inspiration for me. She's been through a lot with dad and the kids and now, even at 61, she's going to shine even MORE than before! I hope that this story has inspired you as well. She's even started to add her students on facebook!!!
My mom is SO cool!
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