Who are We?

Mother, friend, daughter, wife, teacher......

When I sat and thought about who I am, just right now, I wrote down what came to mind.  No writing it, erasing it, putting something else down, changing the order, I just wrote as it came to mind.    Then I read it back and something came to me, no where on my list did I put NICOLE. 

Then it quickly came to me, this is the order I put myself in, first a mother, then a friend, and on and on.  But why am I not on that list of priority?  Why does everyone else come before myself?   Why don't I put myself on that list?  I did not even realize that I was not on the list until I read it back.   Is it because I am not important?   Can't be, because without ME, I could not be the mother, friend, daughter, wife and teacher.   

Too many times when we become adults, and I mean true adults, not "I'm 20 so I am an adult" adult, we lose who we are, and become everyone else.   This is not a fast process either.  It is not like one day we wake up and say, "OK now I am a mother, so I come second".   These things seem to come and sneak up on us, without us realizing it.  That is until someone points it out.

So I am pointing it out to all my awesome friends, family and friends-to-come,  YOU ARE IMPORTANT!!!   Put yourself at the top of that list, realize your importance in this world, cause without you in it, I could not be the person I am.......NICOLE!!!!

Paddling along........