What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?
I feel like this is an impossible question to answer. Especially given the current President of the United States. Everyday something changes. Something that will affect the American people and how we live our lives. And those changes are probably going to start showing in the next few months. Things feel completely unpredictable right now.
It’s hard to imagine what six months from now will look like. Will I have a garden in the side yard? Will I get to show my daughter what it’s like to try and grow her own food? (I’m not naturally good at keeping plants alive 😅) Will the United States be at war with our neighbors? Will groceries be affordable? Will my husband’s job be in jeopardy at the possibility of OSHA going away? There are so many unknowns that it’s hard to imagine what will happen by the end of the week, nevermind the next six months.
With a mountain of uncertainty rising higher and higher each day, I think about how I can overcome each challenge thrown my way in the next six months. How will I face the cost of living going up? How will I keep a garden alive? Is this where we want to live in the entire world?
So I suppose I say all this to realize that my biggest challenge is going to be how I face each challenge. What side of me will I allow my daughter to see? How I tackle a challenge will help shape her into who she becomes. So my reactions are important. This gives me pause, not so much because I am concerned about how I take on a challenge, but more so how can I do so so that she knows she can handle everything life throws at her? How can I use it as a way to teach her that she’s going to be a bad ass and will always have myself and her father in her corner.
Someday, I’d hope she’d even ask herself “What would Mom do?”.