Dreams

I've often heard that you should have a dream and pursue it.  In my life I've found that I've often fulfilled a dream I never knew I had.  Like being a mom.  I wasn't like many of my friends who as young girls and teens talked about growing up and having a house full of kids.  They spoke of their dreams of being a mom.  But not me.  In fact I didn't even like playing with dolls much.  I was a skate boarder, bike rider and tree climbing kind of girl.  My dreams?  I don't know.  I lived in the moment and never really set goals for myself.  I do remember wanting to be finished with school as soon as possible and be an adult.  I wanted to be independent and have no one telling me what to do.  Nice, huh?  But as I got older I knew I wanted to find a soul mate, a husband.  And I did.  Find a husband, at least.  Soul mate?  Oh no.  But my marriage served a purpose.  It taught me lessons that I desperately needed to learn.  It helped me grow into the person I am today.  The good and bad.  And eventually as an adult my dream was to have kids.  And so I did.  And it wasn't until I went through 42 weeks of pregnancy and gave birth to my first child that I realized my dream had come true.  Even then it took a while for me to realize that being a mom is what fulfills me.  And I wished I had done it a lot sooner and had that house full of kids.  But God's ways are better than my ways and he knows me and knew me then.  He knew that waiting until I was older would cause me to appreciate my kids and he knew my patience would grow.  And oh how it needed to grow.  He gave me those blessings at the time in my life when I would need it most. 
Yes my dream came true.  The one I didn't even know I had.  Mom.  The best title in the world.  Thank you Lord for knowing me better than I've ever known myself.