A new Dream

As a child, I dreamed about many things, one of which was becoming an Olympic figure skater, my parents even bought me white ice skates one year (the ones with the Canadian leaf on the side).  I remember going to the ice rink and trying those skates out, it was much more difficult than I'd imagined but as I glided over the ice that dream became more and more real to me.  The fall that I took hurt (BIG TIME) but it didn't dissuade me.  I just recognized that becoming the world class figure skater that I saw in my mind was going to take a lot more work than I originally thought.

Time passed by, and my dreams grew and changed.  The same little girl that wanted to ice skate grew into a young lady that wanted to sing, write children’s books and do back handsprings in front of a gym full of my peers.  I grew up and my dreams grew too, the things that I desired I started to turn into tangible goals, but I reserved some of my dreams for the "one-day" category of life.  Others though, I knew I wanted to achieve immediately, down to that first kiss with my high school sweet heart. 

What I've come to understand as an adult is that having a dream is almost as important as knowing your purpose.  Dreams cause us to think outside of what we believe to be possible and give us a desire that is loftier than just day to day fulfillment.  Some dreams are a bit silly I suppose or completely ridiculous, but all of them serve a purpose.  The dreams that we have help us to identify what we want out of life, they provide a sliver of optimism when things seem dreary.

I remember dreaming about what my wedding would look like, the dress I'd wear, the location of the ceremony, celebrating after and going on this romantic honey moon, I even dreamt about life after the wedding... the entire event was planned in totality in my mind. 

And now I know it's time for a new dream.

I'm excited, and nervous, and happy, and overwhelmed and..... a ton of different emotions about my new chapter in life.  But so far I've developed a sense of direction because I re-opened my dream box, and somehow the things that I want for my family are looking more and more tangible.  (the traveling that I want to do goes hand in hand with the international school I want to send my kids to.  Go Figure...)

Dream Big!
~Bye for now...