Make new ones!
A friend of mine blogged asking what is a dream you had before you had children that you never completed. I had to sit and think for a moment. That chapter in my life is very fuzzy. So much has happened and so much of me has changed. I always knew I wanted to get married and have children. I also wanted to graduate from college, travel, get lost for a while. Thankfully, our God is a God of timing. He led me right to my husband and I have never looked back.
Mark and I have been talking a lot about our future. There is a beautiful Country song that says "Who are you when I'm not around..." It has been years since I have looked at myself as anyone other than a wife and a mother. I know that is my job and I cherish every moment of it. The first time my husband listened to the song it opened up a wonderful conversation. I thought about college, if I would have finished and/or changed my degree. Would I even still be in Missouri or would I have gone to the West Coast, maybe Paris. We have talked about me going back to school and what I would want to do now. It has been very exciting for me to think about and Mark sees' a side of me he hasn't seen in years.
There are many dreams we have now that include us both going back to school, starting up a restaurant and building a beautiful home to grow old together in and retire. Seeing our children grow up healthy and happy, graduate college, get married and have children. We pray we are the parents our children need to succed in this life. Our dreams have changed, gotten bigger and better. That is what dreams are supposed to do: Motivate you, excite you, give you something to look forward too, to work towards. But some dreams will never be reached and some will be broken. That is the beautiful part of dreams, a new one can always be made. Sometimes even better than the original. Life would be empty and boring without them. You're never to old, grown up or mature. So go ahead and DREAM!!
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