Can you be more than one thing?
"Can you be more than one thing?" asked Benjamin.
"What do you mean?" I asked. His three other siblings were finally asleep, and the two of us were snuggling in my bed.
"I mean, like, an astronaut, but also a singer, and also..."
"Oh, yes!" I exclaimed. "There's a Canadian astronaut who was also a singer, and also he wrote a book for grown-ups, and also a book for kids, and now he does lots of speaking and teaching, and he used to fly planes."
"I know who that is," he said. "Chris Hayfield." (Super close, I thought. "Yes, Chris Hadfield!" I couldn't help but correct.)
"Or," I said. "Think of mommy. She's a mom, slash physiotherapist, slash chicken farmer, slash baker, slash sewer, slash future volunteer fire-fighter..."
I paused, remembering this was a Benjamin question. "Is there more than one thing you are wanting to do?"
"Yes, I want to be a singer, slash writer, slash artist..."
"What type of artist?" I asked.
"Like a painting artist," he said.
"Like an illustrator?"
"Yeah."
"I can think of a…
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