Is your life a "dream come true?"

[disykat]

Something I saw online made me think of this and I have to answer yes, how about you? Sure, there are difficulties in my life I wish hadn't happened or weren't happening, but overall - many of my dreams have come true!

I wanted to marry and have kids, I did. I wanted to travel and I have, not exactly regularly and very much on a budget, but I have seen 40/50 states and done a little bit of traveling overseas. My career aspirations as a child were to be a teacher, a musician, or a librarian, and guess what? I've done versions of them all. Maybe not exactly what I thought it would be, but I definitely met those goals. I wanted to own a home, we do. Etc. Etc. Etc.

So I want to hear about the good stuff! What dreams of yours have come true?

 

[nw6675]

After working for 25+ years in the corporate and commuting rat race, my dream came true to be able to be a SAHM and homeschool my daughter. I also have a husband that has been by side through thick and thin, even when I was very, very far from deserving it.

In a nutshell, my family is my dream come true.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I love my husband and my family but I can’t say that my life has been my dream come true. I really didn’t plan on getting pregnant 4 months after we got married at the age of 19 in 1981. Didn’t really get a chance to even think about what I wanted to do. Couldn’t afford childcare so became a stay at home mom at 20. But all things happen for a reason. That little boy has been happily married himself for 15 years and we have 3 beautiful granddaughters.

 

[mrodgers]

Divorced living one step above homelessness broke with no hopes of retiring or living in a decent place while the world crumbles around me? No where close to "dream come true", LOL

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I would not say so BUT, I have a very nice boring life ( which I mean, has no dramas) I have a great husband ( far from perfect) great kids, a cherished grandson. I have a decent home and decent cars to drive, I own a vacation condo in AZ and have been able to vacation to some beautiful and fun places. But I do have a bucket list with many desires and I can't see having too many fulfilled and if I were to fulfill them, THEN, my dreams have come true.

As a side note, I had a friend with a dream come true life who passed away from a brain tumor much too young. I think of her often. Tomorrow is never quaranteed so enjoy everyday!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

My life is quite boring-I lived my dream for a couple of decades, for which I'll always be grateful. I was a working artist. Now I am thinking of going back to it, but not designing. I'm thinking of getting a portfolio together and uploading it to an online art seller to see if I can make a few bucks. I'm pondering spending the spring and summer doing this. It's all still in my head...makes me very anxious to think of having to go through critiques and criticism again, but I can't stay bored forever.

 

[disykat]

My dreams were boring I guess because in no way was I implying my life is a fairy tale or that it's all fabulous! Just that my life has turned out basically like I hoped it would. When I'm struggling I like to be able to look back and see all the things that actually are what I hoped they would be. I'm lucky that there are a lot of things I can count.

 

[TippyThomas]

Compared to what my life likely would have been if my birth parents had raised me, I consider the parents and life I actually have as a dream come true. It wasn't always easy and living in foster care for the first several years of my life was a nightmare, but it's all been a dream once my adopted parents came into my life. I guess it's all relative but I'll call it a dream.

 

[Cheburashka]

No. I am on my own with a chronically sick child, and have never been truly loved or well-treated by a man in my life. I work hard at a draining job and am underpaid, while I have to live in an expensive area for custody reasons. That isn't at all what I dreamed of while growing up.

 

[slo]

No….but I’m still grateful for my life.

If my life would be a dream come true, the following would be different….
- I would have been brave enough, when I was in college, to not listen to people on why I shouldn’t be a teacher, because now my biggest regret in life is not being a HS History teacher.
- My DH and I wouldn’t have been stupid with money when we were first married - it set the financial tone for every year moving forward.
- I would have a brother I enjoy being with, but instead he abandoned our family in 2016 and none of us has seen him since.
- I would have a DD24 that wasn’t brainwashed by her husband and his family that we are terrible people and would still be a part of our family - we haven’t seen her in a year.
- We would be practicing grandparents to our grandchildren (19 months & 6 months), but instead we don’t know them, since their mother is DD24. We would be such loving and wonderful grandparents to those babies.
- We wouldn’t have all the medical bills we have. The amount I pay in medical bills every year is nauseating.

In the end….I have way more things that I’m grateful for and I’m very blessed. God has given us challenges and He has given us the perseverance to work through them. Life is good, just not a dream come true.

 

[BayouQueen]

If I did a list of the good and bad, it would be about even. Many joys and many disappointments. I try to focus more on the good stuff.

 

[Alicefan]

It took 50 years to find my fairy tale ending and I'm glad I stuck around to witness it. There were many times when I wished I wasn't in this world. It's a scary place when you're alone and have no children, insurance or safety net and you're starting to watch those years fly by. I knew I couldn't hold my arms up and cut hair for the rest of my life and I found myself praying that I wouldn't live long enough to be a burden or end up homeless. Almost immediately, when I laid those fears and burdens down at God's feet, and told him very specifically what I needed in my life, along came my best friend from childhood, whom I hadn't seen in 32 years, but had never stopped thinking that I was the greatest thing since toast. He is about to retire with 32 years in the military and wanted to marry me asap to make sure I had healthcare and was entitled to his benefits if something should happen to him. Never in my life had I met someone so willing to just hand over every single thing they had, just to make sure that I was taken care of. My whole life changed. All because, he says, when we were kids, I was always kind to him, and I didn't make fun of him because he didn't have as much as the other kids. For that he loved me his entire life. And that kid that I was apparently so nice to, grew up into a respectable, loving, man who fought for our country and earned the Purple Heart. He's one of the good guys and I'm proof that love can find you at any age, shape or size. Have faith where you think there is none. Yes, my life is a dream come true.

 

[soccerdad72]

I can't say I ever really thought how my life would turn out when I was younger, so I'm not sure there was a dream to come true, per se. But I'm pretty satisfied with how life has turned out to this point.

 

[MamaMermaid]

I've got a loving husband and a wonderful son. I'd call that a dream come true.

 

[ronandannette]

I can't say I ever really thought how my life would turn out when I was younger, so I'm not sure there was a dream to come true, per se. But I'm pretty satisfied with how life has turned out to this point.

This, exactly, and if I was writing a fairytale, it sure wouldn’t be like my life has been. But I completely trust God’s sovereignty and His goodness and I believe that His plans for me are coming to fullness, even when they are far from my desires.

 

[Disneyland1084]

My DH and I have three children, our own house and the best dog in the world. It can't get any better than life. But besides my immediate family, what's really made my heart happy lately is seeing my closest friend get healthy again. One year ago he was a heroin addict at rock bottom, but has now been clean almost 10 months and is turning his life around. Seeing my family and close friends doing so well is what makes my heart happy.

 

[GAN]

Dream come trues are rarely best sellers... I'm trying to write a book people will remember!

 

[Kimkimba]

It took 50 years to find my fairy tale ending and I'm glad I stuck around to witness it. There were many times when I wished I wasn't in this world. It's a scary place when you're alone and have no children, insurance or safety net and you're starting to watch those years fly by. I knew I couldn't hold my arms up and cut hair for the rest of my life and I found myself praying that I wouldn't live long enough to be a burden or end up homeless. Almost immediately, when I laid those fears and burdens down at God's feet, and told him very specifically what I needed in my life, along came my best friend from childhood, whom I hadn't seen in 32 years, but had never stopped thinking that I was the greatest thing since toast. He is about to retire with 32 years in the military and wanted to marry me asap to make sure I had healthcare and was entitled to his benefits if something should happen to him. Never in my life had I met someone so willing to just hand over every single thing they had, just to make sure that I was taken care of. My whole life changed. All because, he says, when we were kids, I was always kind to him, and I didn't make fun of him because he didn't have as much as the other kids. For that he loved me his entire life. And that kid that I was apparently so nice to, grew up into a respectable, loving, man who fought for our country and earned the Purple Heart. He's one of the good guys and I'm proof that love can find you at any age, shape or size. Have faith where you think there is none. Yes, my life is a dream come true.

This is so beautiful! Congrats to both of you!

 

[dreamer17555]

I doubt anyone will take a look at my life and think it is the stuff of dreams unless living in extreme poverty. That being said I am safe, something I often wasn’t, my autistic son will talk my ear off about Star Wars and he was non verbal until 4 yo, my DD20 is amazing and teaches me so much daily about self care and helps me not to catastrophize as much (I still struggle with due to Hypervigilance).

Being safe with a bit (not big enough but some) security net there is life changing and I am grateful.

 

[StarCruzer]

I was very depressed as a kid so honestly, I was never able to envision any sort of future for myself. Sometimes I think my life didn't go the way I expected but then I remember I was blessed enough to have many amazing experiences that some people never get to have.

- I've been able to travel to Europe, Korea and Japan
- I grew up near NYC, so I got to have many amazing experiences from Broadway shows to warehouse raves to singing in Carnegie Hall
- I married a military service member, so we've gotten to live in different areas of the country
- I did years of gaming marathons that raised over $90,000 for children's hospitals and women's shelters
- I have been able to bouy some depressed friends and help them find their next big career moves

Now, I'm in my mid thirties with chronic pain and nervously trying for kids. Sometimes I do wish I had done things a little earlier--I married at 29 and now we're trying for kids a bit late. But my husband and I were going through some difficult times (separately) in our mid-twenties, so I don't think we would have ended up together if we met sooner.

I wouldn't say our life is easy. Moving around every few years is an extremely stressful and lonely process. Living with chronic pain is tough and emotional. My career is not what I thought it would be (although the pandemic did help open more remote work options). But for someone who never believed they'd make it past 20, I think my life is a bit of a dream