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“Something Really Big Happens when you say your dreams out loud” – Jon Acuff

So here lately, I have been doing a lot of dreaming.  I have always been a bit of a dreamer.  I have these amazing ideas floating in and out of my brain at all moments of the day.  Sometimes they are so good, that I write them down.  In my “dream” notebook.  Sometimes they come into my brain so quickly they run out before I can remember them. But they are there all the time.

“The world is lousy with dreamers. Doers? They’re rare.  They’re the ones who actually change the world.” –Jon Acuff (he is pretty brilliant). I have always been the dreamer, I think of races I want to run, shoots that I want to plan, places I want to go, family that I want to have.  Always ideas, but putting it together.  Taking that first step.  Writing it down.  That is where I have always fallen short.  I am not sure why.  Mostly because of fear. Fear of judgement, fear of failure, fear of how to start. What I have got to get in my head is that I will learn from mistakes and failures, and I have already learned how to “just keep swimming” through whatever life’s obstacles I come across.  Haven’t I been doing that for the past 3 years?

So this year, this is my dream.  Just incase you missed the earlier blog post HERE we are in the adoption process!  We couldn’t be happier to be starting on this journey to start our family.  But with that comes a price tag, which is totally worth it by the way.  This is where I turn my dream into reality.  I want to pay 100% of our adoption through my profit of my photography business. There.  I said my dream out loud! Now that feels better and is scary all at the same time.

Why do I want to do this? Because I love my job.  Truly.  I love meeting newly engaged couples planning their wedding.  Hearing their love story makes my heart happy.  Getting to be apart of such a huge moment in their lives.  It is immeasurable to me.  Capturing a happy, loving family and freezing their lives, their moments, their NOW.  It is amazing!   So what better motivator, to keep me inspired, keep me excited about each wedding and session than to be one step closer to starting our family.  I can’t think of anything better! So bring it 2013.  It is going to be awesome.