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We all DREAM

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Abraham Lincoln is quoted,

Abraham Lincoln said, You can have anything you want...

I tend to believe and am even inspired by it. I want my kids to believe they really CAN do anything and be anything. Sure it takes work, sure it’s hard, sure we fail. But it doesn’t mean we stop dreaming. Success and failure will always be woven throughout the stories of our lives.

We have family night every Monday. Last night we read a children’s book on Martin Luther King, Jr. and explained Martin’s “dream” in five- and three-year old terms. Then we talked about how we can all have a dream. Jared and I shared some of our dreams for this year and then asked the kids about theirs.

Ryan is determined to get a pet this year.

Emery wants to learn to read.

Seri wants to be a big sister.

Ha! Just kidding on that last one! Whew. . .

But Ry and Em do want to have a clown come to our house to ride a unicycle and do funny tricks. And I’m not kidding on that one. 🙂 I told them all dreams are good dreams and we would write it down.

I refuse to be a dream squash-er this early in the game.

After the kids went to bed I worked on my 2011 “dream” board.

Seeing my goals helps me keep focus. (Notice how “prosper” is in the middle? All of my goals this year center around our one little word.)

What are YOU dreaming about this year?

 

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