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Keiko O'Brien was my role model. Yes, I'm talking about the Botanist on the USS Enterprise-D, wife of Miles O'Brien and mother of two adorable children. I dreamed of tending plants in a greenhouse on the moon, making funky genetic hybrids suitable for the Martian atmosphere, and running a biology lab.
People continuously told me that me my dreams were unrealistic. I got sick of the flack so I told people I wanted to be a nurse, a translator, a diplomat, and a host of other mundane things. In high school, I was beaten down entirely and just told people that I wanted to be a mom. Now that I'm doing what I want, my friends from childhood shake their heads and say, "Only you could do this research."
I can honestly say now that I'm where I want to be. I'll never discourage kids from their heartfelt aspirations, no matter how outlandish - they need to know how close their "unrealistic" dreams might come to reality.
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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq
"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy
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