Dreams of Travel

We all have childhood dreams.  Dreams of achieving greatness in the field of our passion whatever that may be.  Those dreams change as we age.  Greatness comes in many categories: sports, science, the arts, business and some people just dream of making lots of money.  Obviously, money was never one of my dreams.  I am not rich and that does not bother me.  Yes, I am a dreamer so my list of dreams from childhood to now goes on and go and continues.

Sweet dreams!  The real world hit me smack dab in the face and halted all my dreams late summer 1970.  That is when I found myself in a difficult spot, not married and pregnant.  The father of the baby stepped up to the base and took full responsibilty; we were married that fall.  However I was unable to keep up with my college studies and dropped out of school to become a full time mother and housewife.  I had had some pretty rough first years in grade school and had dreamed of becoming the best grade school teacher the USA had ever seen.  Gone were those dreams.  Working, caring for children and running the household took all my energies. 

In those early years I continued to dream.  I have always been an avid reader so it was only natural that I dreamed of one day writing a best seller.  As I sat at the sewing machine making the children's clothes I dreamed of the children's clothing designs I would market.  When my mother owned a craft store I made many a craft item to sell at her shop and dreamed of selling items all over the country. I cannot say these dreams were never persued, because they were.  It is just that I never seemed to have the time to do them up right so they never were big time hits.  I never tried to write a book until now.  I did make and designed many of my children's clothes and several of my craft items were sold outside of my mother's shop.  I had potential but not the stamina and motivation to make it to the big times.

Then my marriage went sour and for a time I simply quit dreaming.  I continued to work at a job I did not enjoy and cared for my family and home.  The spark of life was gone and when there is no spark, life is dull and flat and there are no more dreams.  For a time I could not remember the dreams that had been all consuming. 

But that is in the past.  My dreams are wild, bigger than life and of course in technocolor.  Lately I have been spending a lot of time browsing through travel magazines to fulfill my wanderlust dreams.  I am so excited!  My dreams are becoming reality.  Over the next six months my calendar is full of travel plans.  September, Darrell and I will be going to Paducah, Kentucky with friends of the Looking Glass Corvette Club.  October, we will be going to Eureka Springs, Arkansas once again with the corvette club and then extend our stay to visit with some of Darrell's family.  Furthermore my brothers and sisters are planning to go white water rafting sometime in October. Darrell and I will be traveling to Spain with friends for Valentine's Day for two weeks.  We also plan to fit a Carribean cruise in there some time.  

I talked with a girlfriend last night who is making plans for the two of us to fly out to California to try out for the Price is Right show.  I still plan to take a road trip along the Mississippi River to explore the many river towns that grew up due to the river traffic many years ago. And I just bought a book called 50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America.  I had often heard the phrase "all good things come to those who wait."  I believe it!.  I've waited until I am old and grey but it is not to late.  Life is like the big juicy peaches Darrell and I bought in Brussells and I am taking a big bite out of it.  Life is so good!