What did you want to be when growing up?

As a  child, I didn't' really have any dreams and aspirations about what I wanted to be when I grew up. Childhood consisted mainly making full vasool of playtime and devoting some time to lessons and text books after being hollered at by the parents. I was hopeless at both Science and Mathematics. There was no way that I would grow up to be a doctor or engineer or have a career related to any of those subjects. My parents were both voracious readers and instilled in me a love for books. 

 A Basketful of Surprises by Enid Blyton gifted to me by dad, is a book I can clearly remember reading. There was no turning back as I turned into a voracious reader, reading various genres  from detective to romance, skipping horror and science fiction.   Somewhere along the way, in my late teens I began dreaming of becoming a journalist. Somehow I saw it as a very glamorous and exciting job. The long hours that I would have to put in, did not register. I wrote letters to editors,short articles and poems few of which have been published. I continued to write even after marriage and write to this day. 

  However I did not study journalism except for  a short writing course that I did post marriage. As fate would have it, I followed in my mother's footsteps and trained to be a teacher. Kids are my favourite people and teaching too gave me immense joy and satisfaction. However my teaching career spanned just six years. 

I continue to hone my writing skills.  

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