Are You All That You Should Be?

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When many of us are born, or when we are still babies, our parents will profess what great things we will do when we go up, whether by actions or not. One of the members here wrote a discussion about books and how they have always been in his life @amadeo and that opened up what I was told my mother said about me as a baby by my eldest brother. I was told I was always attracted to newspaper, books, magazines and even his homework. He added there was always the joke " my little sister ate my homework" instead of the dog, something they said back in those days when one did not turn in their homework, I reckon. So my mother said " Andria will grow up to be a famous writer!" I did love to read and could read before I went to school at age six as well as count to 100, back then we really did not start school before age six. I had already read the three little pigs, little red riding hood and a few more. Sally, Dick and Jane was one of my first love in school, their was a dog named spot too. I often entered spelling bees, sometimes I won sometimes not, to bad my spelling is not as good as back in those days of school. By age 12 I was reading novels, one religious I remember well was "Rapture" and my first horror was "Poltergeist" so my eldest sister allowed me to join a book buying club, get so many free when you buy one at full price. But I do often wonder if my mom thought differently as I grew, the little girl that was a Tom boy, raced bicycles and played basket ball, swam like a fish, helped her brother fix his car but would also sit and sew with her and watch and help her cook, okay I thought I was helping but I know I was listening cause many said I cook just like her, Play with dolls and climb trees, smoke cigarettes, play with makeup and fix my hair. Now that I write that I was a handful! I have wrote a couple small books, but I am my worst enemy because I have not chose to publish, I remember a few years back buying a friends book about his life in this town in which I live. I thought I would get to read some adventure, it really sucked! I am afraid mine will be just as sucky. So are you all that you are supposed to be?