Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for March 26, 2014
March 25, 2014
March 27, 2014
Transcript:
Cathy: Anything to wear to work this Spring? Saleswoman: Oh, yes! The metallic mesh mini-dress! The corset tank with satin cargo pants! The one-shoulder top with spandex sarong! The spaghetti strap go-anywhere PJ set! Cathy: Anything to wear if I don't work in a video store? Saleswoman: Why? Cathy: Anything to wear if I don't work in a video store? Saleswoman: Why? Is someone hiring??
When my little girl was ten, she said, “Dad, you have to do a lot of boring things to be in a position to do something you want to do.”
Always a maverick, she was accepted to the top five California public universities. She went to UC Santa Cruz for women studies. When we dropped her in her dorm room her first year, she never came home again.
She went into work that helped the poor and disadvantaged. While at “I have a Dream” in San Francisco, she helped prepare disadvantaged children prepare for college. We hosted a pizza party for them. You never realize the impact your child can have on other people’s lives until you meet them.
At 35, she gets that mood, after going to a baby shower, that she should be married and have a baby. I asked her if she has finished her dreams. No. Then, you better finish them. If you get married, you have to compromise and sometimes forget those dreams. Children need to be raised full time. They take your life over.
I know that my little girl would not be a complete woman unless she finished her dreams.