Having It All

I remember when my 9th grade class took a poll of how many students ate dinner together as a family and I was one of three people in our class of 35 students who raised their hands. I was always surprised about that. Even if my dad was watching the news during dinner or we would turn on jeopardy, we would almost always eat together and talk about our days.

When I came home from break, I knew I wanted to cook a dinner for my parents. It was so much fun going to the grocery store shopping for ingredients, preparing everything, and serving my parents a spinach and feta stuffed Italian flank steak with a side of roasted red potatoes and greenbeans, paired with wine.

I find it interesting when people think working mom's are "sacrificing" their careers to do domestic work. But I think that there are some women like me who genuinely love doing traditionally female things. I don't think there's anything wrong with that since I never felt pigeon-holed into being a Martha Stewart. My parents were always pretty supportive of me being anything I wanted to be, whether they be "boy" professions or "girl" professions. (Like I'm pretty sure that he would have loved if I was an engineer). So I want to be a lawyer who cooks home cooked meals, cleans, and has perfectly wrapped presents for Christmas. Being home for winter break always helps prepare me for the later half of that goal.