๐ชฟ What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be all the usual things โ writer, teacher, maybe even an FBI agent if the mood struck. What I didnโt put on the list? Landscaper. Farmer. Pig wrangler. Tomato midwife. Yet here we are. It started innocently enough:A little backyard garden with tomatoes and cucumbers. ThenโฆThat turned into an urban farm. Which turned into us raising pigs. Which turned into us taking care of our pigs on a milk cow farmerโs property (because of course it did). Which turned into Tim mowing some lawns.Which turned into us taking care of entire estates. Which turned intoโ Surprise.Weโre landscapers now. Every time weโre outside hauling branches or fixing something with zip ties and sheer willpower, I look at Tim, my husband, and say: โWild. I had no idea I wanted to be a landscaper when I grew up.โ Life doesnโt always follow your childhood blueprintโฆ Sometimes it hands you a rake and a pig and says,โFigure it out.โ Your turn โWhat did you want to be when you grew up, and what did life turn you into instead?