Career Changes

Po wants to be a million things when he grows up, and I love that. I can only hope that reincarnation is for real, and he'll have the opportunity to do everything he wants to do, because there certainly isn't enough room in this lifetime for it all.

For his bedtime story this evening, he chose a book about construction that he recently brought home from the library. It began by discussing what an architect does, and he seemed really interested. Most of the "boy" books about construction are all about heavy machinery and that kind of macho junk, so this was a refreshing change. He asked a few questions about architects, which I was able to answer (three cheers for me). I suggested maybe he'd want to add "architect" to his list of possible careers.

"But I want to be a superhero," he said, completely seriously.

I wanted to tell him that he already is, but that would have most definitely caused me problems tomorrow and every day after, so I pointed out that "all superheroes are alter-egos of someone else who has a cool job."

"Oh YEAH!" he realized.

The best part of having Po is that he gets me to dream big.