by Keyla Cedano
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog that mentioned my inability to settle on what I wanted to be in life. As a little girl, I remember my usual response was “a doctor.” As the years went by, it changed to “an architect,” “flight attendant,” and “nurse” among many others. Today (literally), I have a clearer view of my future without the need of an eight ball; and after a long conversation with a friend of mine who has no idea what he wants, I know what I want to be… for now that is.
Here’s a glimpse: When I grow up [or before I die], I want to write three books, I want to be a professional in both the
science and math field; I want to be an event planner. I want to co-own a construction company with my best friend Jonathan, and I want to write songs for Qodigo Urbano. I also want to buy my dad a big house with a huge library and I want to pay for my mom’s long-desired ‘lipo.’ When I grow up I want to use my voice to motivate others and my abilities to help those who want it on BL and everywhere. I want to be able to castrate child molesters and have no restraint towards people like Jan Brewer and Rush Limbaugh. I want to be in a committed relationship with only two kids (if any). I want to attend all of Cesar Vargas’ premiers as VIP alongside the Queen Bees, and I want to promote social consciousness. I want to be a better speaker and become more assertive. I want to be a housewife and maintain independence. I want to tell my estranged brother I love him and mean it.
When I grow up I want to apologize to a woman I was rude to on the northbound #4 train in 42nd street NYC six years ago. I want to see an honest politician and I want to know that I’ll go to heaven. I want to be an expert in body language and I want to study the criminal mind. I want to meet a lot of condescending pompous pricks and give them a dose of their own medicine. I want to be fluent in French and I want to better my awful Portuguese. When I grow up, I want to be all that I want.
My desires and wishes are a direct reflection of my beautiful culture. My wants are as diverse and outrageous as my people. My expectations are high and my work to meeting them is slow. When I grow up I want to see Latinos become all that we want through our votes. Hope you are all creating a path toward a fulfilling future for our community. Hope you went out there voted!
What do you think the Latino community wants? Are we voting to get what we want?
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When I grow up, I want to be like you!!
Love the post fellow bee!
I wanna be so many things too – I still don’t think I’ve grown up! lol
But we can be all those things, we just have to keep at it!
you sound like me… lol or I sound like you
Keyla! You sound like a Scanner! And the beauty of being Scanners is that we don’t have to choose who to be when we grow up – we can be all of them
Read the book Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher, it opened my eyes to the amazing world that waits for us. I found your blog cos I was looking for images to do with “growing up” and I LOVE that image there and would be stoked to use it in my blog post, with a link back to your site! Please let me know if that’s ok with you? Thanks, Tia