Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Share Your World - May 23, 2023


Once again I am participating in the Share Your World challenge.
You can learn more and see the instructions HERE.

  1.  Growing up, were you closer to your mother or father, or was it a balance of both depending on the circumstances?
    I was definitely closer to my mother, even though she was a working mother in the 50s, something that wasn't that common. As I grew older, we were still close but not overly so much that I felt stifled. I usually lived at least two hours away, sometimes many states away. I lost my mother when I was 38 and still miss her. She would have loved both my late husband and my current husband. I hope she knows how happy I am now.

    My father was a different story. We were not close and Father's Day is always difficult for me.

  2.  What was your favourite toy as a child, and do you still have it?
    I had so many things I remember I enjoyed but have none of them now. I did have several antique dolls that were my mothers but they were lost in a move.

  3.   Did you have any secrets?
    As a child, unfortunately, yes.

  4.   What did you want to be when you grew up, and are you anywhere close?
    I originally wanted to be a nurse like my mother. I then moved on to a physical therapist and came close but got married and had two children by the time I was twenty-one.

    I fell into my career by accident and spend thirty-plus years working in IT and loved it. I'm still a techie at heart. Except for anything to do with networking (hardware or software). I'm still amazed I can call anywhere in the world with my cell phone!

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing your world. I wanted to work in a bank but the careers teacher said I didn't have the brains. I served her from the First Till position when I worked in the High Street when I was 18, and wish she could have known I was an authorized signatory for the American Bank for five years before promotion to a financial analyst for 7 years (1989 to 2001) .
    I lost my Dad the day after my 40th birthday in 1996 and my Mum in January 2018. I miss them both and find comfort in the thought they are together now. Both of them would have loved Maya.

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    1. My first real job was as a cashier in a Five & Dime store when I was in high school. Then waitressing. When I discovered my love of bookkeeping, that led into the computer field soon afterwards. Thanks for sharing YOUR world!

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  2. I dreamed of teaching school in a one-room schoolhouse in the woods like Laura Ingles Wilder. I came close by becoming a preschool teacher, teaching piano by ear, teaching seniors line dancing, and playing piano and conducting sing alongs in senior facilities for Alzheimers residents. I taught my granddaughter to crochet and paint and she is now an artist. And I taught all my kids and grandkids the love of animals.

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