A New List of Dreams

When I was younger… much younger… I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish. Late at night, while my baby slept, I created dreams to fulfill. This was the list, straight from my journal:

Get married
Have more children
Buy a house
Write a book
Get a full time job

Now, to most, this seems like a doable list… but to me? Not so easy. I was coming off of state assistance (better known as welfare) and I had so many mountains in front of me. (A whole range of them already behind)

I can say that it took me twelve years, but I’ve completed all of these dream-tasks.

So, I need a new list.

Here it is:

Have Stephen King read one of my novels, enjoy it and then have coffee with me
Write professionally and become a writer in residence at a university somewhere
Have one of my novels made into a movie
Home school my children
Age like J-lo
Meet Loretta Nyhan
Earn enough money to situate my mother and my gram

What do you think? Too lofty?