If I could be anything

My toddler's favourite song is I can be anything from the Teletubbies Ready, Steady, Go! album¹.

We were listening to the song when I asked the boys what they would be, if they could be anything.

"A superhero!"

"A professional soccer player! What would you be mum?"

I thought for a long while, and as I heard the answer finally come out of my mouth I knew it was the truth.

"I would be exactly what I am, doing the job I do now, and being your mum, of course!".

Was it due to my complete lack of imagination as an adult²? Or a confirmation that I'm very happy with how my life has turned out? I'm going to conclude it's the latter.

What about you?

Footnotes

I highly recommend this album by the way. Unlike the weird tuba music of old-school Teletubbies, it is filled with well written, highly produced pop bangers. ↩︎
My oldest was seriously unimpressed that I would choose to be a software engineer, when firefighter is an option. ↩︎

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Daniel Black November 1, 2023

We'd hope that we have the imagination to see how great whatever we're currently doing is for us, assuming we've found happiness therein. I'm a middling software writer (I'm not sure I'd call myself an "engineer") and a father and while I might would like to ply my skills in an organization that better fits my creative pursuits (I work in payroll), I still like farting around with/in code. And being a dad is no-holds the best thing ever.