Dreams Can Come True...Right?

As I have eluded to in the past few posts, life has changed a bit for Gareth and I. Okay, okay A LOT in the past little bit. For one thing, we got MARRIED!

Another change is that we have been getting knee deep in photography work. YAY! Gareth's #2 passion is photography (because I better #1 right?! hehe) and he is amazing at it. I have picked up a camera and I am slowly learning from him. He's a pretty great teacher, but I can be a cranky student. Alas, I learn, just maybe a bit slowly!

There have been some circumstances in our recent lives that have derailed us a bit-I'm not going to go into all this as I can't really-and has taken off of the course of a lot of our plans, and goals and dreams. Things such as going skiing, the same as every winter, going out for dinners, and the big BIG one, going to New Zealand for a year in 2010. Now, I'm not saying this stuff isn't going to happen, because we're going to make every effort to make them all happen, but it's going to be a bigger challenge now. We are going to have to work just a bit harder, plan a bit more, and maybe depend on some good luck as well.

this is what I'm working toward...doesn't it look worth it?

I can get a little down when my plans go awry, because the older I get the more I love a good plan, and our plan for New Zealand was a huge thing for me to look toward, look forward to, and give me something to dream about. When I told my mom I was mad this may not be happening any longer, this is what she had to say to me:

One day at a time. Hold onto to your dreams, they won’t happen if you put them on a shelf.

Ummm, hello?! Is it really that simple? Am I really going to be okay if I hold my head up, still think of these dreams as plans and to keep striving towards them?

Well, maybe not. But maybe. And they definitely aren't going to happen if I start pouting in a corner and just give up. So...we are still planning on going to New Zealand. We are still planning on going skiing this winter. What we have to do is make these things a priority and make the necessary sacrifices to make them happen. Dreams don't come true for free. There is a cost for everything.

Are you willing what it costs to make your dreams come true?

Shauna