There’s always guilt. No matter what. If you are a mother, you know the type of guilt I mean.
When I had my daughter, I started HJMT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. I often wondered to myself, if I did the right thing or if I should have stopped working. Yesterday, my daughter handed me an essay she wrote for school and it reaffirmed my decision to keep on working. Obviously I made an impact on her and was a role model for her. Here’s what she wrote:
Adults always ask children, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” At an early age, I probably would have answered with either “lawyer” or “doctor.” But as I grew up, I realized not only was I not very argumentative but I couldn’t handle the sight of blood. I knew I had to think of something more realistic. So, I put things in perspective. I thought long and hard about what I liked and what I was good at.
As a child and even to this day, I have worked at my mother’s public relations firm doing various tastks to earn some money. I have always thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Then it hit me, what was always right in front of me. I could do public relations. It is something I take pleasure in and I am good at it too. But, as I was flipping through InStyle Magazine, I had an epiphany. I also really like fashion. I have always had a desire to dress in the latest trends and look my best. I have a keen eye for what looks good and what doesn’t. Something I have done since I was a little girl was look at people’s outfits and think of how I could imprve them b having their outfits be more flattering for their body types.
In 10th grade, I took Studio Art in Fashion Design and learned that I had no artistic ability. So being a fashion designer was clearly out of the question. Then I took a step back and combined my two interests. I could study public relations, like my mother, and focus on the fashion and beauty industry.
I wouldn’t say that I necessarily found my calling but instead, I would say it found me. It looked me right in the eye, called my name and provided me with answers on how to live my life. I know that often peope do not know what his/her calling is and I am lucky to have found mine early on.
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