Friday, December 14, 2012

"Ohana Means Family...

...and family means nobody is left behind or forgotten."

-Lilo and Stitch

This quote is among my top 3 disney quotes, along with "Fish are friends, not food" from Finding Nemo and "I do not like the cone of shame" from Up.

This quote, unlike the other two, has a little meaning to me in my heart. It explains how my family is going to be when I get big. [side note: I never say "when I grow up" or "when I'm older" because I will most likely remain this mental age and keep my childish side, I'll just hopefully grow taller and more mature.] I want my family to be close knit, but respectful of individual privacy and space. I would give my kids a curfew to be home by, but its not an exact time, because I understand being 20 minutes late is not the end of the world.

It also brings up the topic how I am almost too excited to be a mother. Or at least a motherly figure for someone. I really like taking care of people and helping them with mommy things like making food or helping them wrap their injuries in bandaids, medical tape, or magical booboo kisses. At camp, I was the cabin mommy, I supplied costumes and jackets for all my girls, I helped wash the dishes, and finally, I rescued my little camper, TBA [who is damn afraid of bees] from one of the 3 bee attacks at camp. Same with my friends. I make them food, kiss their booboos better, I helped TJ wrap his finger properly so it doesn't set crooked, I always to make sure to include everyone, settle differences, be there to help them when they need, and most importantly, I'm always here for whenever they need a hug or a magic fix everything button.

The most likely cause to all this motherly energy is the lack of it I had as a child, so this is me making it up for the world what I barely got. Similar to Karma. Except backwards... I never got, so I'm giving it. :)