“What does this say Mommy?” A two-year-old peers intently at the letters on a page.
“They’re words, Honey. You’ll have to wait until you go to school to learn to read.”
“When will I have a boyfriend?” A pre-teen wonders aloud.
“Not until you’re older,” she’s told. “Wait a few years yet.”
“I can’t wait until I move out!” A young woman bemoans.
“Living under my parents’ roof is a drag.”
“Will I ever get married and have children?” The working woman asks.
“I don’t know if I can wait much longer.”
“Wait ’til your father gets home!” A mother tells her naughty son.
“When will my time come to get out of the house?”
“We’d like to travel,” a woman tells her friend,
“but we’re waiting until the kids leave home.”
“I think we’d better downsize,” a wife tells her husband.
“I don’t think we can wait until retirement.”
“Do not wait!” a widow tells her children.
“Or it may be too late.”
One Woman's Quest 