Every day I try to accomplish my goals and my dreams, some I can only hope and pray will come to pass, others I know for certain I will achieve. Sometimes, my dreams change for that is the nature of dreams. They may change because I have changed in some way, they may change because they simply were never meant to be.

Many things come to mind when I think of all I want to accomplish in life, I'd love to learn a new language, take up playing the beautiful violin I never should have put down and I would love take up photography. I would love to visit the Louvre and stroll aimlessly through the beauty contained within. I've never seen a Broadway production, the lights, the stage . . . I would like that very much.

I've always dreamed of seeing the ancient ruins on some distant shore, I've always wanted to invent something, to go back to school and learn something new or remember something long since forgotten. I'd love to reunite with my oldest friend and tell her just how much she meant to me.

I'm not certain these are my "top" ten, a few most definitely, but you never know what tomorrow will bring. What seemed so important today may pale in comparison to tomorrow's desires. The think I want most, the thing I strive for and pray for is a full and content life while I watch my children grow . . .

(1) Teach my children the faith and morals and values they will need when they must face the world without holding my hand. This is among the most important things I can accomplish in life, I must accomplish. It is something I strive for each day by showing them and guiding them, by allowing them to take a fall every now and then so they will learn to stand tall on their own.

(2) Grow old with my husband. I have loved him since I was a young girl of just fifteen years old, turned out puppy love can turn into the real thing. I can't imagine a future without him. If it is in God's perfect plan, we will still be holding hands when he comes to take us home.

(3) Dedicate more time to writing, continue to publish. In the grandest of dreams I would see my work on the best sellers list one day. If I never achieve more than I have to this point with the words I have penned, I will know I made a difference, I will know I have written myself into eternity, my words forever etched to a page.

(4) Be an advocate for special needs children in the school system. I've seen such sorrow in the eyes of parents trying to get their children the services they need and deserve.

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