Life Successful - by Eurie Kim - The Art of Venturing

This morning Izzy and James were in rare form — they coordinated their outfits, scarfed their avocado toasts, brushed teeth proactively AND put on sunscreen, and were ready to go to by 6:45am. Go where you might be wondering? Golf camp. [For context - camp does not start until 9am, and the course is about 4 mins away.] I told them it was too early and suggested we play at home for a bit. They both shook their heads. “No, Mama” they said. “We want to be early.” I said, “it’s just REALLY early and you’ll get bored waiting for a whole hour.” They said, “We will bring our books. We’ll read.” Me = baffled. What could I say to that??? So they grabbed their bags, their little golf gloves, and their books, and we were off, entirely content despite the thick San Francisco fog encasing our neighborhood. I sat in the car for a moment, smiling. If there is one picture that could sum up my parent’s deepest joy and dream, it would be this: We were of course so early that even the coaches weren’t

This morning Izzy and James were in rare form — they coordinated their outfits, scarfed their avocado toasts, brushed teeth proactively AND put on sunscreen, and were ready to go to by 6:45am. Go where you might be wondering? Golf camp. [For context - camp does not start until 9am, and the course is about 4 mins away.] I told them it was too early and suggested we play at home for a bit. They both shook their heads. “No, Mama” they said. “We want to be early.” I said, “it’s just REALLY early and you’ll get bored waiting for a whole hour.” They said, “We will bring our books. We’ll read.” Me =