难道这真的并非如她所愿吗?
<p>她年轻时的梦想是长途旅行、精致的晚宴和一个全世界最隐秘的书房——当然，<span word="no">no</span> <span word="kids">kids</span>。然而，随着岁月的推移，她的想法渐渐在改变。如今，和她的孩子一起生活一起工作，变成了她人生中最幸福的事。</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="young">young</span>, <span word="enthusiastic">enthusiastic</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="their">their</span> 20<span word="s">s</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span>. <span word="Children">Children</span> <span word="defined">defined</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="adults">adults</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="daughters">daughters</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="joy">joy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="legacy">legacy</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>. <span word="Limited">Limited</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="necessitated">necessitated</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="choices">choices</span>: <span word="My">My</span> <span word="sisters">sisters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="beds">beds</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="black">black</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="white">white</span> <span word="TV">TV</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="color">color</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="restaurants">restaurants</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="extravagance">extravagance</span>. <span word="Both">Both</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="unfulfilling">unfulfilling</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="home">home</span>, <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nap">nap</span> <span word="constantly">constantly</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="different">different</span>. <span word="Namely">Namely</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="satisfying">satisfying</span> <span word="career">career</span>―<span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="freedom">freedom</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="risks">risks</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="unencumbered">unencumbered</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="dreamed">dreamed</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="distant">distant</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>, <span word="elaborate">elaborate</span> <span word="dinner">dinner</span> <span word="parties">parties</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="secluded">secluded</span> <span word="study">study</span>. <span word="Kids">Kids</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="compatible">compatible</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="goals">goals</span>.</p><p><span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="heroes">heroes</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="children">children</span>: <span word="Katherine">Katherine</span> <span word="Mansfield">Mansfield</span>, <span word="Edith">Edith</span> <span word="Wharton">Wharton</span>, <span word="Eudora">Eudora</span> <span word="Welty">Welty</span>. <span word="Virginia">Virginia</span> <span word="Woolf">Woolf</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="childless">childless</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="declaration">declaration</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="chilly">chilly</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="houseguests">houseguests</span>. <span word="From">From</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="authors">authors</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="gleaned">gleaned</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pursuit">pursuit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="passion">passion</span> <span word="subsumed">subsumed</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="energies">energies</span>, <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="behind">behind</span>.</p>
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