#185

For the last few years, I have felt like "there has to be something more." Being a wife and mother and house cleaner was not all there was to my life.

I wanted to jump out of a plane. I wanted to write an award winning novel. I wanted to be a world renowned baker. I wanted to travel the world, sail the seas, and climb to the highest peaks. I wanted to be respected for my talents and loved for my flaws.

And I still want some of those things.

But now I realize that those things are just things. There is more to life than being a mom and wife. There is being a phenomenal mommy, and a heart stopping wife. Because I am not 'just' anything. I am making a difference, every day, in the lives of so many people. I show my daughters every day that there is a fantastic world out there, and everything in it is within their reach. And every day I love a man that loves me back. Warts and all.

When I was in high school, I had an amazing teacher. One of those adults that makes a teenager feel like she matters. One of those teachers that stays with you forever. Mrs S really inspired me. And, of course, over the years I forgot about her inspiration. But I was thinking of her today, as I was dreaming my big dreams.

She used to tell us we would never be 'just a' anything. If we were going to be a doctor, we would be the best doctor in the world. And if we were going to work at McDonald's, then we would be the best burger flipper in the world. We would never be 'just a'. And I loved her for that.

I just forgot about that truth while living my every day life. Because my dreams are dreams, and they are an important part of life.

But my life is more important than my dreams.

I am not 'just a wife and mom'. I am the best wife and mother in the world.