So as humans we all have many identities right? Hair color and gender for example. But there are more examples. Level of education, profession, geographic location. We have a lot in common with others in the same "worlds".
But I was thinking about how when I trained for that marathon I posted about a few days ago, I thought that after I ran that marathon I would BE a marathoner.
But I wasn't. I was, and forever will be, a person who once ran a marathon.
So what is the difference? I've got to admit that I don't really know.
But I do know that when Su was pregnant with Danny, I knew that I was going to BECOME a mom--not just be a person who was raising a child.
And now that baby number two is incubating it dawns on me that the birth of this child will not change my newfound identity as a mother. I already am one. And that feels very different than when we were waiting for our first born.
Just a deep thought that I'm tossing around in my head today. Have a good one. -Monica
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