Oh my! Do I dare bare my soul? I wonder.
I dream of a day when my blog is more like an online magazine filled with pages of inspirational stories that rival Guidepost's, that evangelize the world with the soul of DECISION Magazine and create a space for the whole family to find inspiration and encouragement.
I dream of the day my children's book is published. How Susie Sunshine Got Her Name. Someday. Someday I'll find a publisher that will take it out of the envelope before returning it to me.
I dream of supplementing our social security and meager annuity with my writing. Perhaps I should start another newspaper here in Lawton. I was doing quite well with my other newspaper before I had to close it down due to relocating.
I dream of the day my page views on my counter reach the magic number I want to see to actually believe I'm worth reading. Since I started blogging a little less than two years ago, I've seen a steady increase in readership and have made it half-way to the average I'm seeking to attain.
I dream of going to Jerusalem before it becomes the New Jerusalem and all things are passed away. While I'm there, I'd love to pop over to England and visit some of the English gardens and travel to Ireland to see the highlands and lowlands. Told you I could dream.
WISHES~~~
Now we're talking.
~~I wish I had the PhotoShop Deluxe Software I once had with my old computer. Adobe would be nice, too. When I received my wonderful new computer, the old software CD's would not translate and talk to my new equipment. Incompatibility. That means they figured out a way to make more money off slobs like me. Only problem is, no one can pay for their new software that probably only took a couple of dits and dats to destroy the compatibility of the old software. I'm cynical. Yes.
~~I wish I had a laptop. I want to be able to sit in my backyard or front porch and create my yada-yadas in the splendor of God's creation. This is not a necessity, mind you. Just wishing. And since wishing is free, I'm gonna wish big and wish I'd make enough money off my own writing to be able to have one of those fancy satellite cards so I could go anywhere with my handy dandy laptop. UPDATE 6/10/09...a wish came true...I have a laptop, now.
~~I wish I could attend the Writers' Conference in Glorieta, New Mexico this October. That would take more than a few little miracles to accomplish. There I'd get to meet with a bunch of publishers and hopefully get a book contract for a couple of ideas I have for Children's Worship (the dreaded extended S.S. would be no more). Proven ideas that could easily be implemented in any size church.
~~I wish I could think of something else I could wish for, but if I did, I'm sure it would more than likely fall into the category of dreaming. So that's it for now. The rest aren't publishable. They'd be like whining if I wrote them all down. Never can tell, though. I may come back and write up another list. This one's been kinda fun.
Dreams and wishes by selahV on a sunny afternoon in June 2008. READ ON FOR MY CREDENTIALS, HA.
