Dreams: Let's speak them into existence!

When my sister was still here, but fighting cancer, we had a lot of talks about our dreams. I was at a crossroads about whether I even wanted to remain teaching or not.

She suggested a book, that someone else had suggested to her called Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job by Jon Acuff.

So I bought it. It's REALLY good. One of the things in the book talks about thinking about the phrase "I'm a ____, but I want to be a ____". What you are versus what your dream is.

I figured when I read the book, I needed to figure out my dream.

Another thing he talks about in the book is that you have to really reflect on what makes you happy, what makes your dream what you are passionate about.

So, I thought of all the things that make me happy: my sister, kids, animals, the camp on "It Takes Two", the camp we went to when we were kids, the camp my sister and I helped work one summer at Victory Junction Gang Camp.

And my dream started to form.

A camp.

My dream is to have a camp. A camp where kids can come and grow, where they can do things they normally wouldn't do, where they can learn about and how to do things they may not normally be interested in, where they tune out the social media world and focus on the present.

But why stop there! I want to include a barn and mini farm, a place where we can rescue animals that need love and let kids learn how to care for them and learn what responsibility is.

But why stop there! Camp is all about learning about yourself, but also team building. So why stop with kids. I want my camp to be open to adults as well. Companies, groups, and friends can come learn about themselves, but also team build.

My idea is that camp is open to kids all throughout the year when school is out of session (summer break, fall break, spring break). Adults and companies could book between those sessions. I can have special weeks like Victory Junction Gang Camp does for kids and families with illnesses.

This is my DREAM!

I'm speaking it out loud because I believe so much that prayer and talking about a dream will help it come true!

Just look at my son! I wanted to be a mom and I followed that dream until it came true!

This past weekend I told my niece and nephew about my dream. It was the first time I really talked about it since my sister died. The excitement they had about it got me excited about it again.

And then I realized when looking in my son's eyes, and seeing the excitement my Littles had about my dream, that I need to quit talking about it and start working on it.

One way I hope to get started on it is to write a book or two and make money from them to fund it.

So, coming sometime in the future....

Camp Crazy Strong