Dreams Really Do Come True.

When this all started happening with Kagan,  the social worker came into our room with a packet of papers for us to fill out and told Kagan about the fact that his diagnosis qualified him for a dream of his very own.   She said that they would be contacting us to set up an interview for him to see what kind of dream he would want.

As Kagan processed this information on that first day his first response was that he wanted to donate his dream to our church to upgrade the sound equipment or something that would help the church.   He asked both our Senior minister and our Youth minister what he could do with his dream to help out.  
 
He gets a dream and his first response is to give it away?  

I cried my eyes out several times as he offered up this "dream" because it was something he could give.  I cried because I saw his generosity.  I cried because he counted himself as not worthy to have such an extravagent wish from someone.  I also cried because I saw that he was more willing to give than to receive. I cried because I am not sure that my first response would have been the same.

Well, the dream fund told him that they could not "give away" his dream and encouraged him to really think about what he would like.  Would he like to meet a celebrity?  Would he live to travel?  Would he want to go on a shopping spree?  What ever his dream was, within reason, they were there to help make that a  possibility. 

This week, Kagan had his interview with a very sweet lady named Kim who talked to Kagan about what he wanted.  They narrowed down somethings and started the process of determining what kind of dream was right for Kagan.  We will keep you updated as his dream comes true.

That conversation has stuck with me the rest of this week.

You see, Kagan didn't really have big dream that he wanted just right off the bat.  He really had to think about it.  He had to listen to her talk about what other kids had done, what options there were and then he asked for more time to think about it.    He was not quick to answer and to ask for something without fully thinking it out for the future as much as for the present.  Well, unless it was a car and then he would have been golden.


It got me thinking of things like:

- Do I really have a big dream that someone could fulfill?
- Is it an injustice for myself in not having lofty enough dreams?
- Am I content because it easy or because I am satisfied?
- Who would have ever thought that having a dream granted would be at such a big cost?
- What dreams do my children have that I can help them prepare for achieving?
-  What are my husband's dreams that I can help make come true?

“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.” Walt Disney

 I want to dream big enough to allow my husband and kids to have every dream  of theirs come true.  That would be my dream. Now I must get busy making that happen.