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summercomfort) wrote2014-04-16 11:53 pm
summercomfort) wrote2014-04-16 11:53 pm
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Today is my mom's birthday. She's 63 now. In 3 years I'll be her age when she gave birth to me. In the 30 years of my lifetime she's immigrated to the US, got a PhD from Stanford and a Postdoctorate from Berkeley, published an influential book that's been translated into Spanish, Korean, and Chinese (and some other languages), and wrote 10 years worth of Chinese curriculum for weekend Chinese language schools. Of course she couldn't have done it without Dad, who did most of the childcare, the textbook editing, the running of the business, the taxes, and the cooking. But her life is quite accomplished.
It makes me wonder what I'd be able to accomplish in the next 30 years.
Tonight after the birthday cake we were talking about the future of the business, and it's clear that she's now in the "wrapping up" stage of her career -- doing the final things that she's been putting off before handing it off. This transition is going to take a few years, but ... it's strange and kinda crazy to realize that my parents are at that stage in their lives. My dad's already printed up the first half of his memoir and left for China.
Exit stage left and all that.
I guess the next 30 years are mine now.
It makes me wonder what I'd be able to accomplish in the next 30 years.
Tonight after the birthday cake we were talking about the future of the business, and it's clear that she's now in the "wrapping up" stage of her career -- doing the final things that she's been putting off before handing it off. This transition is going to take a few years, but ... it's strange and kinda crazy to realize that my parents are at that stage in their lives. My dad's already printed up the first half of his memoir and left for China.
Exit stage left and all that.
I guess the next 30 years are mine now.