A Hundred of Me
Possibilities. My highest aspirations and my downfall. If you only have one life, how DO you sort through the possibilities?
If there were one hundred of me - maybe even one hundred and one just so one could be the Director of Lives for the others, I could easily fill all those lives with what I love and want to be.
Here’s a few of the possible me’s at 43:
Tashina #1 buckled down in college and got that medical degree. I became a neurologist and now I live in a lovely house with my husband and no kids - way too busy for kids. I live in a college town like Columbia, Missouri where I own a pretty 50’s house with cheerful yellow siding. I made enough money by 40 to cut back on work a little and now I travel several months a year to help provide medical care in poor countries. Once every year or so I give my decorator a whole new idea for the look of my house and when I come home from my travels my house is all done and ready for my finishing touches. On part of my property, I sponsor an animal rescue for birds and small dogs. I have a little house where someone can live for free and care for the animals.
Tashina #2 - well, you’ve probably seen me on TV. I’m the voice of the National Hurricane center. Luckily, this pays enough so that my husband can stay home with our 2 kids. He’s a custom woodworker. On the side, he lets me design a few pieces that I can paint after he builds them. Then we sell them in galleries around the country. When we “retire”, we’ll do this full-time. I have to live near work so I’m in Miami in one of those high-rise condos on the beach. The whole family takes walks at sunset each night next to the ocean and we spend most weekends on the sailboat.
Tashina #3 - I’m the artsy-est one. I live in a loft in Emeryville, CA across from the Borders with the dozens of ethnic food booths. (Love that place). My husband and I are both painters and sell our work in a gallery downstairs from the loft. Living in the Bay Area and within reasonable distance to Portland and art conferences like Art and Soul, I get to be friends with Kelly Rae and Judy Wise and Alexandra and Laini and Paulette Insall .
I think I’ll tag the above bloggers and see if they have any additional selves to reveal. If you like this idea, consider yourself tagged and leave a link in comments.