JFAC Prompt XIII

Journal Prompt:  What were your dreams when you were a child?  What did you aspire to be?  What did you hope for?

I enjoyed this one. I don't actually remember ever consciously wanting to be something in particular except for when I was a teenager I said I wanted to be a vet.  But my parents talked me out of it saying I was too soft and it would tear me apart when I had to put an animal to sleep and that I wouldn't be able to cope.  In a sense I regret this as now I know, as an adult, that I would have coped.  I have no problem ending a life of an animal if it is suffering and cannot be made better.  In another sense I don't regret not becoming a vet because I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and that if we don't do or get something it's because we are meant for other (better) things.  However I can recall easily all the things I used to do and enjoy as a child.  On doing this today I realised that, although I didn't consciously dream of being who I am today, I did set a pattern or path for myself.  I still am happiest when I'm creating, I still make my clothes occasionally and I make bags.  I love to cook from scratch (I hate ready made). And until recently I was in a caring profession.  I don't have a monkey but I do have my little chipmunks in the yard! 

Just for a change I thought I would try sketching using a fine ball point pen having got fed up with the cheap felt tips I managed to find locally - Please Angels of Art - Please deliver my new pens tomorrow!