Waxing Philosohical Again, Still, More...

I was just thinking. I mean here I sit in the wee hours of the morning when I should be asleep. My sleep pattern is quite the mess lately. But; that is not what I am thinking about! :) I am watching about "cakes" and cake making. An online friend of mine is into "fancy" cake making. At one point I dabbled a bit. So as I sit here thinking I need to "dabble" again and thinking "I can do that" it brings me back to old thoughts. I have always said that children are blank slates when they are born ...pretty much. It is up to us to hold open all the doors we can so they can be all they are meant to be and want to be etc etc. Myself; I had eye issues my whole life and was to my detriment often reminded of that and that I was a girl. Frequently; I was told "you can't do that you are a girl". Or; "you can't do that you don't see well enough". Then there was "you can't do that you get too stressed". :) All that sort of negative(?) feedback I think left it's mark. Now that I can see better than I ever have in my life (thanks Dr. Hornby!) and no thanks to Dr. Shah and his contributions which made the results less than they would have been.. I wonder. How much would I have seen more clearly? How artistic would I have been sooner? I am not getting any younger and find myself often thinking that the things I am doing go back to things I wanted to do always when I was little. I always loved to bake. I always loved designing. Still love designing. When I soap or knit or sew or whatever..I like to make my own designs. So with cakes, as I look at this one or that one now the urges are coming.. I think I can do that but I would... Yeah; don't hold back your kiddos. Don't "stifle" their creativity! :) Not every child can or should do everything they want to do but I think more than ever that it is very important that every child be encouraged to try whatever they would like to try and some things they say they don't want to try.

All that said; this old lady needs to take herself to bed. Been fun chatting... :) See you all soon!

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Melody (Norwich, CT)