1) Putting a fried egg on a pita with hummus, tomato and cucumber might just be the best thing ever.
and
2) I have a really amazing life.
You might wonder where the second one came from. Let me explain.
We were discussing our childhoods, then moved into a series of questions about our lives. For example: If you had a 'good' childhood, who would you be today? Who are your heroes, and your monsters? If you could change something about your life, what would it be? Etc.
Answering some of these questions almost felt like they were a trick because everything seemed so simple. I had a great childhood, so I am who I am already. I idolize family more than anything & have no monsters to speak of. And I really couldn't think of anything worth while to say about how I would change my life. The only thing that came to mind was 'money' which is so trivial. When I thought that, it was mostly about paying tuition and having my parents retire at a reasonable age. Sure I like nice stuff, who doesn't? But I feel like my life is so great already that asking for anything else would be pushing it.
Then there's the topic of being a queer identified female in 2010. Would I change that? It seems like a reasonable thing to want to change. Mostly to avoid all the hardships that come with a label like that. But I really wouldn't change it for anything. It's as much a part of who I am as my genetic coding- it can't be changed.
Now I'm not here to preach about homophobia in society or further babble about how much I love that I know myself well enough to figure these things out, but I just felt like I should express some sort of gratitude to my life. Growing up for me was fairly sheltered, and I wouldn't have changed that, either.
People talk about hating their parents and their high school experiences... neither of those I understand or experienced in the least. And I'm so thankful for that. I have an amazing life, and hopefully it'll stay that way.
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