DreamLands & FreshStarts

The reality is it has taken me 4 and a half years since my late husbands death to truly understand what he was trying to tell me all through my time with him, what my wonderful fiancé is trying to get me to see now, what my son is forcing me to look at within myself and ultimately what God keeps bringing me back to time and time again and that is I need to love my life and live it COMPLETELY.

What does chasing Dreamlands and Freshstarts really mean?

I think it means very different things to every woman but deep down we all have aspirations, dreams, projects and goals that can get diluted as we get older, as we get busier and if we are honest with ourselves it becomes easier with time to excuse ourselves for not pursuing what truly makes us happy than it is to be brave enough to make our dreams reality.

‘It is better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all’.... mmmhhhmmmm, easy in principle but not so simple when you got kids to feed, clothes to wash, shopping to do, a house to tidy, a 9-5 job and the list goes on.

I have been blessed in so many ways, my incredible son, supportive family and true friends that laugh with me, cry with and tell me about myself when needed. The biggest gift God has given me over the last 12 months has been allowing me to love and be loved again by my fiancé. This man has become my friend first, he continues to inspire, encourage, be my mentor and cheerleader, he can have too much of an opinion on what he thinks I should do sometimes lol, but one thing he has done consistently is to encourage me to be brave enough and dare to dream BIGGER than even I can imagine.

As you start to think through making new moves in your life, whether that be like me a career change or just deciding to carve out some time in your life to give back to you; ask yourself one question... ‘What did I want to be when I was a little girl?’ Take yourself right back to a time when you had no other title, no label, no fear, no excuses a time where you just allowed yourself to dream of all the world could offer you and the part you wanted to play in it.

For me it was and always has been music...the feeling I get when I sing or listen to music is an internal warmth that cannot be replicated with anything else. And so finally after 20 years of allowing everything else to dictate my life I have enrolled on a course to learn how to read music, play the piano and write songs that celebrate the love I have for God, thank him for the awakening he has given to me and encourage others to know him so that he can help change their lives as he has done mine

So once you have identified what makes you soul dance be brave enough to dream big, make bold steps not little ones, humungous strides towards your happiness.