One more dream that came true

In the last post I mentioned a list of dreams and aspirations. The night before last, I just achieved one more goal off that list. Ever since when I was a little girl, my mother went to a Sing-Along concert of Handel's Messiah. She played the music for me over and over again. I fell in love with the piece at a tender age and informed my mother that some day I was going to go to a Sing-Along concert of Handel's Messiah as she had done. The night before last, I did. It was at the Kennedy Center, we were an audience of about five hundred people. I sang it more enthusiastically than I had ever sung that piece before. I have a rather big, strong sopranic voice. And I love beind in places where the structure of the building carries my sound. It was a positively soaring exhilaration, to be able, at the proper places in the piece, to sing as LOUDLY AS I COULD! I have been blessed with many occassions in my life to sing my heart out. It was such a supremely sweet gift from Jesus to let me sing for Him on His birthday yet again. And he knew that I had always wanted to sing that piece for Him in a concert.

The conductor said that in all the years he had conducted these Sing-Alongs, he had never heard it sung so well by the audience. I believe him. It was wonderful. Thank you, Jesus!

On My List

The night before last, I achieved one more of my life goals. I have a long list of dreams, aspirations and goals to go through on this earth. Here is just a sample of that list.

1. Become a saint.
2. Save the lives of at least one hundred people.
3. Tour Europe.
4. Visit Italy.
5. Vacation in a Beach House by the sea.
6. Drive a motor boat.
7. Learn to speak Spanish.
8. Learn how to sew.
9. Start my own business designing and sewing and selling beautiful modest dresses that make women who wear them feel like princesses.
10. Write, finish and publish great novels.
11. Get a driver's license.
12. Get a car.
13. Get a Liberal Arts education and degree from a great Catholic College.
14. Ride on incredibly daring roller coasters.
15. Become a teacher or tutor.
16. Do some missionary work.
17. Swim in a fountain.
18. Befriend every person I see who needs a friend.
19. Get married.
20. Have about a dozen children.


The list goes on and on and on. Every Christmas I take my heart with all of its dreams to Jesus, because every year Jesus asks me for that same gift, my heart.
I give it to Him every year, such as it is, and every year he makes some more of my dreams come true.

I have swam in fountains, ridden roller coasters, befriended every person I could, driven a motor boat, vacationed in a beach house by the sea, gotten my drivers license, achieved my education and college degree, and I have become a tutor. There are many other things on this long list that are still works in progress. I have started at least three novels that I think will be great when they are finished and published. I still am trying every day to become a saint. I have only saved the lives of a handful of people.
Other things on the list, like learning to sew, speak Spanish, get a car, and get married, I might have to wait until at least another year for. Merry Christmas All! May your dreams come true!