Just been having one of those mornings of quiet contemplation and thinking about how I came to be where I am now. Still working 'charring'at a local school twice a day, getting up at 5am every morning and walking half a mile for the last ten years.I started to think that my life so far has been a bit of a dead end. Then something popped in to my head - my kids. All adults now, I brought them up single handed for the last eighteen years and when I think of them I realise it wasn't all for nothing. They have grown in to well rounded, decent citizens. The older two both have degrees and professional jobs, the youngest hasn't found his niche yet but will, I'm sure, in time. They are all compassionate,funny and completely honest and I realise just how lucky I am. That was my REAL job. They are all still at home so I think I must have done something right (the eldest is now thirty !) or possibly wrong! Depends on your viewpoint! Oh well, must go , I've clinkers to riddle and pots to side!
As to how successful or not our lives are doesn't all hang from our jobs or status, a wealth in family, friends & contentment are all riches & far beyond something with a mere price or standing attached. 
