This week I’ve decided to join in with Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop because one of the prompts is something that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. The amazing Leslie from Motherhood in Mexico came up with this prompt and it was just right for me -  Based on their personalities, what do you think your children will be when they grow up?

First off, let me just say that I know that my girls are going to change as they get older. I know I am not even close to the same person I was when I was a kid, so these are strictly predictions based off of their personalities right now. In twenty years, I’ll come back and update you as to how it turned out.

Pumpkin is a total drama queen. She is the girliest girl and is in love with dresses and bows and pink. Although somehow, I don’t see her as an actor or a fashion designer. She is an artist and loves coloring more than anything else in this world. Although somehow, I don’t see her as an artist. No, instead I see her absolute adoration for learning and helping others with reckless abandon. I see her being an amazing student all the way through graduate school and probably becoming a veterinarian or doctor. She has told me before she wants to be a “shot doctor” (aka Pediatrician) and I can totally see her in that role, soothing children as they face the challenges of those mean old booster shots.

Dumpling is the exact opposite. She’s still a drama queen, but not in the same way. Pumpkin’s heart breaks if you look at her wrong. Dumpling, on the other hand, will return those stares of anger and you can just feel the attitude rolling off of her. She looks up to her big sister, but is definitely starting to gain her own independence and ideas of what she wants to do. She is a strong-willed little girl with no patience for broken promises or disrespect. Dumpling is a born negotiator. I see her as a lawyer in twenty or so years. I see her as one of those big, scary corporate lawyers that always win and nobody wants to mess with. I know I don’t want to argue with her most days, and that’s without the negotiation training that lawyers clearly receive.

Yes, my girls are definitely different from one another, but I’m confident that both of their personalities are strong enough to take them far in this life. They know what they love and they show me every day that they are willing to fight for what they think is right. They are going to be strong in their faith and there is going to be nothing that can derail them from their integrity. Most of all, though, they are going to be amazing women, no matter what they do. I can promise you that.