Dream Big

As mentioned previously, I am graduating in May. I am quickly approaching a new crossroads in my life. What am I supposed to do come June? There are so many options. I don't know where to start.

Most of you who know me well, know that I have plans of writing. I have a few projects in the works, but they take so much time to finesse. I just don't have the luxury of time at this point. I do what I can, when I can, and set them aside for later. I'm a dreamer. My grandma taught me to dream when I was a little girl and I haven't stopped since.

The problem is I get new ideas and new inspirations pretty often. I can't turn my back on them. This humors my mother to no end. She can't keep up with my mind and my latest project.

 I have four novels that I am working on, two of which are near completion. I also have two non-fiction works in progress. To add to this list of things I need to work on starting in June is a screenplay.

I signed up for an honors research class--insanity, I know. The topic was Adoniram Judson. I chose to focus in on his third wife, Emily. She has quickly become my new best friend, if that's possible with a woman who's been dead for a hundred and fifty years or so. I am so obsessed with this woman and their story. I'm sure I might even dedicate a blog solely to them, but that's for another day. If you are not familiar with their story, then you need to familiarize yourself with it. Otherwise, wait until my movie comes out haha. Their story NEEDS to be told on the big screen.

So far, that's six books and a screenplay. I won't even get into my other dreams for fear you will all laugh out loud at my audacious and ambitious dreams. Although writing is my real passion and it is what I want to focus on after graduation, I am not so oblivious that I don't realize I need to pay the bills. So here is my dilemma....I need to decide on where I am moving to, if I am moving, and find a job.

This leads into some more dreams. (Oh, why can't I be a simple girl with simple dreams?) Part of me dreams of opening a little bakery/cupcake shop. I want to be able to bake all morning and create anything and everything scrumptuous and delectable. I want to have a little shop where people and come in and shop around a collection of gifts and books. I want them to be able to read, drink a cup of coffee, eat a cupcake or two, buy a purse (you know purses end up wherever I am), and relax.

But then there's another part of me that dreams of having a bridal shop with my sister. I haven't shared this dream with her. She'll be finding out for the first time when she reads this. We worked together at a bridal shop several years ago, and she caught the wedding bug too. We make a good team because we are opposite enough that we balance one another. Then again this just might be my own ploy to get my hands involved in everyone's weddings. I'm obsessed, I can't help it.

So will it be Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Boise, ID; or Allen, TX? Only God knows. It's good to dream, but the key to making them reality is work and dedication. I can't just sit still hoping my cupcake shop will float to me along with a publisher. I have to get out there and make it happen. More importantly, I need to be sensitive to God and what He has planned for me. The bridal shop may not be in His plan, and I need to be ready for that. But until He closes the door, I have to be willling to work to make it happen.

"For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope..." Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

I would love to hear some feedback. What are some of your dreams?