What Will the Future Bring?

Posted by Kelly on November 10, 2010 in Life, Starr | 6 comments

Starr said to me the other day, “I’m worried about my future.”

I asked what brought that on and she said that things have always been easy for her. That things sort of fall into her lap and that adults in the working world don’t get those types of opportunities.

I agree that she has had some great opportunities and that being a grown-up isn’t always easy, but let’s look at it realistically.

She has held office in her sorority for two years. They didn’t just hand it to her, she went after those positions.

She has been interning with our local congresswoman’s office. A fellow college student asked how she lucked into that. Starr’s response, “I called them.” And she did, she decided what she wanted, she made the call, went in for an interview and was “hired”.

She has done a lot of volunteering and has started her own non-profit.

She has volunteered for and then worked for the National Writing Project for over four years.

She has had a  job outside of school and left a great impression.

She has experienced a horrifically tragic event that gave her life experience that we would gladly give back if possible. It matured her, she looks at life differently and she is aware of the strength that she carries with her.

They way I see it, she has been lucky in many ways over the years, but things haven’t always been easy. From the accident, to being a mixed race child of a single mom, as well as dealing with her mostly absent father. She has worked for and reached out for the things that she wanted. She didn’t just sit back and wait for life to happen, she is living it.

Just yesterday, she was talking to her boss from the National Writing Project about her goals to move to DC and possibly work as a legislative assistant when her boss offered to bring her to DC next Spring as her assistant. They will be meeting with legislators in an effort to shine some light on the National Writing Project. What a wonderful opportunity, at just the right time.

She is walking about 3 feet off the ground! It makes me smile.

I don’t know what the future will bring, but I do think that she is ready and that she is stepping out with the right attitude.

I think she will be just fine.

I worry about accidents, I can’t help it, but I don’t worry about her finding her place in the world.