Who do we want to be?

I realise, as we grow up, we change who we want to be.

As a child, I wanted to be the kid who gets the most attention.
As the only daughter, I wanted to be an older sister so I could share my playthings with my younger sibling (or order them around =P).
As I grew up, I wanted to be someone's best friend so I had someone to share all my secrets and spend my time with.
Then, I wanted to be someone's girlfriend so I had a companion who cares for me as much as I do him.

Moving on from there, I want to be someone's fiancee so I have someone who has decided that he wants to marry me and spend forever with him.
Then, I want to be someone's wife, with someone who loves me and cherishes me (and me him) and to spend my life together with.
Following that, I want to be someone's mother to pass on our love to the next generation and to build our own family.
I then want to be someone's mother-in-law, as our children grow up and find their own partners in life.
Then, I want to be someone's grandmother, as our children celebrate having their own families, and us expanding ours on top of having little kids to brighten our old days.

By then, I should be more than content with my life, but then I don't mind being someone's great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. AND by then, life should be about done for me.

Kids gets asked, "Who do you want to be when you grow up?". The expected answers are usually career choices. Like an astronaut, or a teacher, or a scientist, or a lawyer, or whatever rocks the kid's boat at that time the question was asked. But then as we grow older, we realise that it's not our careers that define us. It's who we are, and the priorities we set in life.

Our loved ones should be our utmost priority - our family, our friends.

So, who do YOU want to be?