i love surprises - when they're good ones of course...

There is something to be said about the beauty that is found in the surprise of something...well, beautiful! Thank-you, Dean, for my lovely flowers. Living free and living well, that is me. With graduation up and coming, there isn't much to do other than work-work-work. This hasn't left me with too much time for writing and I find myself worrying about forgetting all that I have studied over the past two years. (Which is a very scary thought.) So, after some much needed and well-heeded encouragement from a good friend, I finally allow my mind to mull over words and phrases...and here is what results: Once upon a time there was a girl who had a dream. It wasn't a very large dream, mind you, but it was hers and she was very proud of it. She had had it for a long time, and though she didn't tend to it much, it was always there; it never left. It never left and it never grew. In fact, when she stopped to think about it, it had always been the same size. Nothing about it had ever developed or strengthened. It just remained in the exact state it had always been in: Small. Years passed and the girl grew up. Her life changed in many ways; new dreams came and went but they all fell away. None even came close to the dream she had kept with her all throughout her life. Only now things had changed a bit. She was not the only one who had been growing, her dream had done some growing of itself. It had taken time, more time than she had expected. But her dream was being fed and slowing taking shape. Things were coming together and she could see that things were looking good. It hadn't been easy. In fact, at times, the girl had wanted to give up altogether. But she had pressed through, she had made it, and now she is standing in victory with endless possibilities before her, just waiting for her and her dream to take them on. Excitement is growing inside of her as she realizes she has just one more thing to do before she can start her journey. It seems so simple, which is probably why it feels like the hardest thing she has had to do yet. But she has made it this far, she knows she can do this one thing. All she needs to do is believe.