Dream a Little Dream with Me: #MFRW Week 16 Blog Challenge
This week’s MFRW blog challenge topic is “My Biggest Dream”, and that for me can be summed up easily. I always dreamed of…
HEA
Romance readers, you know what that is–Happily Ever After. The one absolute of the romance genre is a happy ending for the love partners. Of course, one woman’s happiness can be another woman’s misery, which is perhaps why we have so many subgenres.
For me, a compelling HEA includes not just a loving spouse but an extended circle of family and friends who are like family.
Not that I was expecting anything as formal as this:
Campbell Family Portrait , 1900
Ours is not a “dinner every Sunday at mama’s house” group. Much of my family is spread out across the United States, and that’s okay!
Ladies’Home Journal 1948
And Kids
What’s a family without kids?
Sure, they’re sometimes annoying, occasionally unpredictable, and full of surprises. Not to mention, buying new shoes every few months gets expensive!
But, they poke holes in that “master of the universe” syndrome a lot of grownups fall into, and they remind us to stop and enjoy little moments.
Thirty-five Years
In June, I’ll be celebrating 35 years into my biggest dream, and in July my first grandchild is due. I’m grateful for the career success and comfortable home I’ve had through the years, but it’s family that gives all of that meaning.
I can sum up my biggest dream with this short Irish blessing:
May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do, and may God send many blessings to you.
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Congratulations on the upcoming grandchild! You are going to LOVE being a grandparent, I guarantee it. It’s simply the best thing I’ve ever had the privilege of doing, and the most fun. The love you feel for that baby will knock your socks off.
I can’t wait–well, I can of course, because he has 4 more months of growing to do before he pops out onto dry land!!!
Lovely! And the photos really make it special.
Aww congrats on your upcoming grandbaby! I have a ways (or better have a ways) to go before hitting grandmother status. I was telling my younger sister that she needed to give me a niece or nephew. My current nephews are all old now (20 & 18 from my older sister) so time for new babies. LOL
Congratulations on 35 years of marriage and the upcoming grandchild! Fun time ahead.
I foresee a great deal of babysitting!
Congrats on 35 years and the upcoming grandchild. Time for a t-shirt that says The reason to have children? Grandchildren.
Hi, Helen! For some reason your comment went to my spam folder. I just found it, and that t-shirt is a great idea!
Congrats on the grand baby and thank you for sharing your beautiful dream!
Thank you, Maureen!
Thanks for sharing the Irish Blessing at the end of your post. I love it! It says it all about your HEA dream, which is a wonderful dream come true. Congratulations on a new grandbaby, Alina. How exciting for you and your family.
Thanks for stopping by, Mary!
Congratulations on your 35 year marriage and upcoming grandchild. You’ll love being a grandmother.
Thank you, Alicia! I’m excited about this little boy coming into my life!
Congrats on the upcoming grandchild! Our second is due in July. I totally agree about the importance of an HEA in your own life. I ascribe much of my ability to write romance to the fact that I married my high school sweetheart and am still married, decades later.
Sounds like you’re one of those real life romance heroes, Ed! Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you and your sweetheart many more years of happiness!
Congrats on your almost-here grandbaby and 35th anniversary! I’m glad you got your HEA.
Thanks, Robin!
Congrats on entering Grandmahood! Mine is going to be 5 soon and is an absolute joy:)