by Amy Fletcher

Created on: April 22, 2008

Dreams, our hopes for the future. As a young child I had dreams. Dreams of becoming a teacher, a wife, a mother. As a child I did not grasp the reality of what that meant, what it would take to be any of those things. My mother nurtured this part of me. Encouraging me to be the best I could be. To follow my heart. As I grew I came to understand that to teach I had to finish school, go to college and learn how to be a teacher. So I set off on my journey. I went to college, not too far from home, but far enough. I learned from teachers, fellow classmates, myself, the world. I learned that it was tough to be grown up. That it was an ongoing journey. I soon fell in love and my dream of teaching changed. I still wanted to complete college but it wasn't as important as taking care of this man that I had grown to love. My dreams were transforming into new dreams. Instead, I began to follow the hope of being a wife and the dream of motherhood was thrown at me before I knew it and my plans for life unfolded before me. Sometimes life is like that. We had our first child and he was beautiful. My dreams started to revolve around him and what his life would hold. What he would become. Then, motherhood being so enjoyable, we got pregnant again and gave birth to another boy. Another beautiful bundle, but so unlike the first. Amazing. What will life bring this little man? What dreams will he hold for himself? A short time later another son was born and then another. Four wonderful little men for me to nurture and teach. Yes, I would become a teacher after all. Maybe I will not stand Isn't the Lord amazing. He had these plans for me all along, I just wasn't in on the secret. He knew what dreams my heart held. I was a teacher, a wife, a mother. All of those dreams I held for myself have come true. Maybe not as I had planned as a child, but they have come true. Now I anxiously await to see the dreams of my children unfold. How will their dreams change as they grow and experience new adventures. As they meet new people and learn new things. I know I have my own dreams for their futures. But I probably won't get my wishes, they are their own individuals and have their own ideas.

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