It’s The Simple Things

Have you ever really sat down and thought about what you wanted to do with your life once you graduate? And I don’t mean career wise, no matter what that will always be an aspect of your life whether you like it or not. I’m talking about your own personal aspirations. Do you want a family? Maybe a specific dog breed or cat breed you’ve always wanted? Or maybe you want your own little homestead with cows, chickens, pigs, etc.! I’m not sure what got me to really write this stuff down, but I’ve been thinking about this thing quite a lot. Being a business in healthcare (pharm biz) major, I can go into just about any kind of job in the business or healthcare administration field. That is so many options, I would have a job pretty much always. So it always leads me to think, what will I do in my free time?

For some background, I used to spend my entire summer with my grandmother (I call her Nana) at her house in North Carolina. She always had multiple gorgeous flower beds spread out throughout the front yard, rose bushes that lined the front of the house, a koi fish pond in the backyard, and a large vegetable garden that was lined with peach trees, plum trees, and different varieties of fruits. It was my favorite thing to go out in the mornings and water the flowers, the garden, and check out our blueberry bush to see if any of them were ripe enough to pick! I can’t tell you how many times we have had blueberry pancakes, muffins, smoothies, or cobbler. There was one time she even made blueberry syrup for our pancakes! Can you tell what my favorite fruit was and still is? I do love blueberries but we ate so many because mostly it was the blueberry bush just made an absolute abundance of blueberries. Our peach and plum trees were typically ransacked by squirrels and deer before we could get to it, and there were never enough strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries to make anything with. 

Those are some of my favorite memories as a child, and I think I would love to have my own blueberry bush whenever I get my own house. The ultimate goal would be to try to have all of the things that my Nana used to have around the front and back yards of her house. I don’t have that great of a green thumb so I may not be able to recreate my Nana’s magical gardening powers, but I sure will try. I think I would love for my garden to be mostly fruits, since I love to bake various different goodies and, fresh fruit would be perfect. It would be nice to be able to recreate those fond memories with my own children as well. But, it is just a dream. I have no idea what the future holds, but I sure so hope I’m able to make this a reality. I want that child-like wonder again, running outside with bare feet, smelling the flowers, feeling the sun heat up my hair, and eating a blueberry right off the bush. They are simple and small things, but they are things that I miss very much.