My friend Julie inspired me to write this blog. I read her blog with watery eyes and then laughing out loud a minute later. I love hearing what people want to do in life, enjoy doing in life and love about life. I read Julie's "dream list" smiling and completely encouraged to write my own.
A while ago, my team decided to spice up team time and share our dreams with each other. I came prepared with my list that I had written. As my friends started to share their wonderful visions, hopes, dreams and goals, I realized that I didn't want to share the scribbles on my paper. My heart started beating faster, my throat started itching and I could feel tears forming in my eyes. (I am such a high feeler!) when I was my turn to share, I lost it. Through the whimpering and sniffling, I managed to blurt out "I just don't have any big dreams or goals or things I'm good at. I feel like I'm going nowhere." I shared my short list of things I'm good at, like to do, hope to do someday and passions. I felt like the things I shared drew almost no conclusions as to what I could possibly do after the race, career options or big attainable desires to work for. The girls saw it differently. They threw out fun ideas of what the future could hold and assured me that my passions were perfect to work with and that they were great.
I started brainstorming other possible additions to the list and praying for God to show me what He desires to add to the list. It grew a little. Then after reading Julie's blog, I was inspired to brainstorm and pray some more. Then, without my awareness, the list was suddenly long, with fun, serious and just plain awesome things.
So, along with figuring out who I am, what I like, what I don't like, the nonnegotiable desires I have and my dreams, I have a list. And now, I'll let you into my life and let you see my dream list.
The deepest desire of my heart is to be completely in love with Jesus Christ and live the rest of my life glorifying God.
I really like cats.
I don't want to be a crazy cat lady, by any means.
But I like the one cat that I own.
And I like seeing pictures of cats, mainly kittens. That makes me super happy.
I want to be a mommy. I have since I was 11. It's the one "dream" that's always been consistent and true.
I would like to get married at some point in life.
I never had "standards" or any sort of list for what I'd like in my future husband, but God has helped me make a list and it's pretty cool.
I want to visit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, London, France, (basically I want ti travel through Europe).
I want to stay in Australia for at least a month or two.
Children's ministry is something I love.
I desperately want to road trip around the United States.
Some must sees are Nashville, the Grand Canyon, Kennebunkport, Maine at Christmastime (look it up!), Atlanta, Charleston, and South Carolina.
I also want to eat cheese in Wisconsin, since cheese is my favorite food.
My other favorite foods are pickles, peanut butter, raspberries and pasta salad.
My favorite candy is sour patch kids.
I want to learn how to cook. So bad.
I want to go on a mission trip to Zambia with my church to help the orphanage they are a part of.
I want to own a summer beach house in my favorite place in the world (so far), Montauk, New York.
I really love learning anything that has to do with Jesus, or the bible. I could go to bible studies every day.
Okay… I can't swim. I sort of want to learn. Maybe.
I'm a hopeless romantic.
I absolutely love Disney movies.
Game nights will be a tradition with my family.
Christmas makes me SO ridiculously happy! Literally everything about that holiday.
I hate mayo, ranch dressing, ketchup, sour cream, soy sauce, and guacamole. (Not big on condiments).
I'm obsessed with showing off photos of my nephew and truly think he is one of the cutest kids to EVER live on this planet.
It's a dream to go to Disney land and/ or world.
When I go back to school (major yet to be decided) I will go either in Colorado or Georgia or Maine or Australia.
I thoroughly enjoy Taylor Swift karaoke.
I'm really good at giving hugs and it's one if my favorite things to do.
My passions are children and loving people.
I have this new found love for hiking and I want to do way more of it!
I love listening to music when I get ready in the morning.
I love grocery shopping and I love dancing down the isles of grocery stores.
I don't like when people break promises. Even little ones…
My future husband will be a man of his word.
I really like my guitar, Chora. Even though I don't have the best singing voice.
I can't remember what happened in a movie unless I've seen it at least 4 times… This will never change. It probably plays a part into why I don't mind watching movies a thousand times.
If I don't have a clear direction of where to go after the race, I will be a Disney princess at Disney world.
I love scrap booking so much!
I love sweaters, sundresses, flannels, sparkles and oxfords.
I've been told that I dress like a child and a grandma, simultaneously.
I paint my fingernails often! All sorts of colors.
I love writing. I want to do something with that. (This blog is doing the job for now).
I want to meet Taylor Swift (totally possible!)
I want to read through the entire bible on the race (yay for short term goals! 7 books down, 59 to go!)
I want to have LASIK eye surgery done.
Reading is a new thing that I really enjoy. I want to read more and more (so if you have any suggestions, I'd gladly add them to a long list of "books I want to read soon")
I like baking late at night.
I love beer. Trying new beers is a favorite thing of mine.
Hospitality is a spiritual gift of mine.
I love coffee! I can drink it all day, everyday for the rest of my life.
When I have my own home, I want to host parties and gatherings often.
I love talking to strangers. I want to marry a good communicator, someone that can strike up conversations with people he doesn't know and is comfortable doing so.
I like nearly every genre of music.
Blasting music is the car, windows down is a year round thing I like to do.
Winter is my favorite season. I love too many things about winter to express in this blog.
Coffee shops will always be one of my favorite spots.
I want to be discipled by a woman of God! So important.
I will be better about sending handwritten letters, Christmas cards and "I miss you" cards. I will.
I want a red kitchen. Either the walls or the appliances. For sure a red kitchen aid mixer.
Mostly, I want to be a woman who knows who I am in Christ, loves the quirky things about myself that God created and dreams big. I want my heart to be totally in love with Jesus. I want to glorify God.
This is my dream list.
