A Dream Follower

What is your dream?
We all have one hidden in our hearts.
 Maybe it is a bit dusty, but we can dust if off!
 No one is ever too old
 to follow a dream!

Dreams

I am pretty sure I have written about my recurring dream. I'm about to do it again because I have this dream about once a week and I just don't get it. I mean, I understand the dream but I don't see why I have to dream it so often.

My Mamaw (my dad's mom) went into the nursing home when I was in high school. When she went in, I was 16 and didn't ask to take anything from her house because I didn't understand how much I would miss her.

Now, that I am a mom and I can look back and see what an amazing Mamaw she was to me, I so wish I had more of her things. I have one table and her bible. They mean the world to me and I have some pictures.

In my dream, I am always going back to Mamaw's house and looking for keepsakes, just anything from when I was a kid. Sometimes, I even find Mamaw (she passed away years ago) and I am so happy to see she is alive. The most common dream is the one where I am begging the new owners of her house to let me dig through the closets to see if she left anything from my childhood. It is a sad dream because I rarely find what I am looking for and I miss her more after being in her house.

Any dream interpreters or friends want to try to interpret this one? This has been going on for years.

The Path

I know I write about this a lot...
God will let us know when we are on the path
the one we were born to travel
it is like stepping onto a large peaceful platform
when we get there
we will know

Congratulations to Emma :)

Congratulations to my sweet Emma who scored a goal in every game this season in soccer! I am so proud of you!

Keep following your dreams, keep doing what you LOVE.

Hanging on to Dreams

Hang on to dreams

God put them there

write it out

plan on dreams

being fullfilled

When the dream

stems from peace

and the desire to

help others

it can't go

wrong!

A Post for My Friends Struggling With Depression

Try to count your blessings

the things you feel are good

try to live each day

as you wish you could

try to take a step

toward fulfilling

your dreams

this will help

take away how

depression makes

things seem

It is okay to take babysteps toward a positive life! Depression makes us think we can't but we can!! I understand well.....

Time to Let Go of Self Doubt

Sometimes you have to make a decision
and have faith in yourself to
follow through with the dream...
no time for self doubt just
pray and go for it....
what do you have to lose?

the Little Seed

Once there was a dream

planted in the heart of a child.

Through the years it would

start to grow and someone

would step on it with negative

words over and over, until it

quit looking for new springs.

Then ONE person took the time

to look inside the heart and with kind words

and encouragement the dream

began to grow....

until it became REALITY!!!

The Creative Energy

I was talking to a friend the other day. She is a song writer. She gave up writing songs because of fear she wasn't "good enough". She expressed to me that she felt "dried up" because she wasn't using her creativity.

How many of us have felt like this? We feel all "dried up" because of lack of creativity. Let's try to change this. I have felt this way many times. I want to challenge everyone to do something creative everyday. It can be small like jotting down a sentence or listening to music and singing. I am going to do this myself. I know it will help everyone get the creative energy flowing.

My friend has been doing a creative exercise a day. She already has more of a "pep" to her voice. I know she will be writing amazing inspiring songs soon. :)

Take Your Dreams With You

Follow your dreams

from your heart

out the window of

your mind

do what you

feel is your

purpose

don't leave the

dreams behind

ps- it is never too late!

Hope

Sometimes hope is right in front

of us

and all we have to do is

look up

and see it

could it have

been there all

along?

The Color Dream

I wish I could see my colors...the way for me to follow dreams and not give up. It is hard for me to never give up when I am not quite sure where I am going. Maybe God is giving me stepping stones but only a few at a time. I have to look at it this way.

Learning From My Child

I have learned much from my 11 year old. I have watched her succeed and watched her cry for not doing as well as she thought she should have done. Either way, she just keeps going. Never once saying "I want to give up my dream of singing"...she hangs onto her dream. It is not possible in her mind to ever give up. She wants to sing so she keeps singing.

It is possible in life for us to accomplish much. We will have troubles and successes.......it is important that through it all, we hang on to the dream that God planted in our hearts. If we give up on the dream, we may never know what might have been.

If we LOVE it, we should keep doing it until we succeed at it. We don't have to force it, just follow it.

Thanks Ellie being an inspiration to me. :)

Keep Going and Believing

The dream is there

for all to see

if something happens

and you become

distracted

or

you stumble

just listen and

redirect

get back on your

path and follow

your dream!!

Nothing can stop

you

if you BELIEVE!!

Sleep Writing

I wrote something

it was all there

in my mind

it was a meaningful poem

very helpful to me

when sorting things

i would share it with

you

if only i could remember

it.....

Sleep writing.....I do it every night. I usually remember them...they write themselves really. I just watch as the words pour out. I have been sleeping better which means I am forgetting some of my mind writings...I am remembering some dreams though. :) Happiness is getting sleep....but I really wish I could remember that poem...

PS- Happy Birthday to my close friend Debby!!! Love you!!!

Follow Dreams

I painted this angel for Cara's kindergarten teacher Joye Weaver. This is her last year to teach Kindergarten. After 40 years of teaching, Mrs. Weaver is going to open up her own Montessori School. It has been a dream of hers for years.

What a great example she is for us!!! She is in her early 60's and her dream is coming true. The school will be open soon.

One of my favorite quotes is "it is never too late to be what we might have been"...

Congratulations to Mrs. Weaver!!! You have been a great teacher to Cara!!!

Dream Big

If you look at this painting closely, you will see it is an abstract of an

angel releasing a butterfly.

If you were the butterfly in the picture and God was releasing you to be

or do anything you wanted, what would that be?

Maybe we should all think about that because that is what is happening. We all should take the time to figure out what we feel we are MEANT to do and then find a way to do it, even if it has to be part-time to start!!

DREAM BIG!!

Charice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1uDNqB1oOg

I saw this on Oprah today. It was obviously a rerun but it was new to me......I sat and watched this 16 year old sing and cried. She sings from her heart......and her dreams are coming true. It is a great story of hope!!

Keeping Dreams Alive

White and yellow turn mellow
before fading to gray
How to keep a dream alive
from day to day
If I find the secret
I will surely let you know
There is hope all around
if you never let it go-----

this cloud was in the shape of a perfect star but by the time I grabbed the camera it had changed slightly.

The Dreamer Angel