September 14, 2007

  • As a child….

    I grew up in a gas station. I loved to go out in the back garage and play.  My Dad put a lot of old car radios and parts out there.  I would pretend I was in outer space traveling the universe.  My imagination soared and I had a lot of great memories there. 

    What did you want to be when you were a child?

Comments (16)

  • When I was really young, I wanted to be a cab driver…
    I always thought driving would be the most fun thing to do… and to make money while you are doing it? Awesome….

    Obviously, that ‘dream’ disappeared as I grew older.

  • A firefighter.  I wanted to ride on the fire truck.

  • Your childhood sounds interesting… Feels so long ago, though

    I wanted to be a writer, or a journalist. I’m some sort of a writer now, but not a journalist, definitely. Ha.

  • A fighter pilot.   I have a longtime fascination with airplanes.   Warplanes in particular.   My favorite, the A-10 Warthog.

  • I’d very much like to be a chef and have a restaurant business.
    But I don’t think this dream would materialize. This early, my parents would
    like me to take up Industrial & Management Engineer, because my
    father is into distribution and manufacturing business.

    Have a nice day!!!

    Annika

  • When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a doctor.  I have two younger sisters, and I used them as my patients.  I gave them REAL medicine. (the pink stuff and orange flavored cough syrup and all)  I used the toilet plunger as a defibrilator to revive my “patients” from cardiac arrest.  I used (this is bad) an old fashioned red rubber douche bag that I found in the bathroom, as an i.v. treatment on my patients.  My poor sisters! My mom still knows the poison control center’s # by heart because she had to call it so many times after finding out I had given my sisters REAL medicine.  She had to give them ipecec syrup or whatever to induce vomitting, and she EVEN MADE ME TAKE IT so I would vomit too (just as an EXTRA MEASURE even though I said I did NOT take any real medicine).  I was BAD. LOL

  • I wanted to be as far away from the farm I lived on as possible.  As soon as I was able, I married a soldier and left the farm and Wisconsin far behind.  I don’t know if it was a good idea or not. 

  • As a child, I always wanted to be a veternarian. I was raised on a farm in North Dakota and enjoyed all the animals. As I got in my teens, I always wanted to be a journalist. I loved writing. Well, neither of them were realized. I became a secretary and worked (various years) at a Christian organization – bank – lawyer’s office – another bank – and police department. However, the most rewarding job I ever had was becoming a mother and raising a daughter and a son, who have done well in their own lives. (They are probably going to operate on Kevin today.)  ~Carolyn

  • I wanted to be a vet too, until I had to take algebra II….thanks for the prayers

  • i imagined being lots of things….but my dream was to be a veteranarian.   my allergies prevented that tho….i worked a summer in an animal hospital and came home each day puffy and itchy.  no fun :P

  • RYC: oh YES we still talk about it (and laugh)… i could have KILLED them, its scary!!  We also talk about the other stuff I did to them, I also wanted to be a barber, so I cut off all their curls and hair,  and they were nearly bald.  I have some pictures of my sisters with very,very,very short hair (looked like a boy )  Man…. so many stories we have, hehehe.

  • We collect broken things like printers and radios and stuff because my boys are always taking things apart and I like for them to do it with something that is already broken. It helps keep some of our stuff intact, but not all of it…

  • I wanted to be all kinds of things:  a paleontologist, a teacher, a professional baseball player, an actress, an artist, a gymnast, a writer, and probably more that I can’t remember.  It all depended on the year, the sports’ season, the topic in school, etc.  When I became a Christian at the age of 16, I knew God wanted me to be a stay-at-home mom — something that EVERYBODY thought was a complete waste of my intelligence.  But, as always, He knows best.  And in the process of being a mom, I’ve also been able to fulfill some of my other childhood dreams.  “He knows the plans He has for us …”

  • In all seriousness, a trashman. I used to wake up early to see the trashman. Every day.

  • i could never do it now. but i hear it pays good money. i think it just seemed interesting to ride on a truck for a living, ha.

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