Do you ever think about something you regret doing or not doing in life? Someone asked me if I had any regrets in my life. It took me a little time to ponder this because although I have been through so very much in my life with my health, I think I pretty much covered it all as far as accomplishing most everything I wanted to do or want to do. Of course I am not finished yet, I have more ground to cover.
As a young girl I wanted to be a model so bad and for some reason I did try to follow this path but quickly realized the small percentage of people who really made it successfully and quickly moved on. I did some small stuff as a teen but nothing to get me anywhere. My height was a problem for modeling although I am not short, at 5’6″ tall, I was not tall enough to do the runway modeling. I also thought seriously about becoming a nurse since I had a natural knack for it with an understanding toward people who were very ill. As time went on, I changed my mind. I spent so much time in and out of the hospital as a child, I made a conscious decision not to spend my entire life in one.
All these years later, with my husband going though some serious health issues, including one recently, I became a caretaker more than once. When I sit back and think about my truly natural ability to know what someones needs are before they ask and having patience and understanding to real pain and frustration of whatever the ailment may be- I realize that I would have been an incredible nurse! Although I really do not regret not going to nursing school, I do know I would have been a true nightingale. Running my foundation and doing the work I do and at times connecting with families and children who are seriously ill, still allows me to feel I have followed that dream to an extent.
As for the most accomplished thing of all…. I speak of this at my events and often share this with others. Giving birth to my son is the most accomplished thing I have ever done. Carrying a live person inside me and giving life…cannot get any more accomplished than that!
