What We Teach Our Children

I came to an interesting conclusion today. It never occurred to me that by trying to realize my dreams of becoming an author, I was redefining what my children thought was possible. My older daughter was running through the house with my younger daughter in tow. I stopped them and asked them what they were doing. She replied that they were going into their bunker to prepare for the vacuum apocalypse. My husband then started the vacuum and they ran to her room, barricading the door. After they came back down my daughter told me she was thinking about writing a book about children preparing for everyday household chores like they were preparing for an apocalypse to make it fun. I am currently working on a book based on an apocalyptic event and my daughter sometimes asks me what I am writing about. I realized that while I may never sell more than 2 books a month on Amazon, that by reaching for my dream, my children now believe that they can become authors even at this young age. Even more than that, they know it's okay to be creative and push the limits of what they think they can achieve.