The Consummate

Today I met the woman I intended to be.

A woman who is much the same person I am, but infinitely more successful.

She is a patent owner, a world class speaker who has spoken at universities and top companies all over the world. An amateur archeologist who has been part of digs all over the world. A woman who paints divinely and sells her work quietly with no fanfare. A natural teacher, who dropped out of high school. A hugely successful woman, wife, mother of four and grandmother, who also stages homes for sale and helps people redecorate as well as designing and making her own unique clothing. She has designed the most adorable and intelligent play room for her youngest grandchild who she watches during the day right now. She is actually doing all those things I wanted to do or dabbled in and more.

She is an exquisite hostess drawing her guests into her home with activities and games and conversation, a consummate listener, a woman so kind and focused that she touches your center and sets you free before you know it.

I don't think I have ever met a kinder, wiser, humbler, more creative woman in my life. She is not a ball of energy. She is an endless pool of creative serenity.