As a little girl, my heart would say “follow your dreams.” I had so many dreams to follow, but just as many disappointments. I often wondered how different life would have been, if I was not raised in a foster home. Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with the foster home, it just was not my home. It was not, until that magical day when my mother arrived and said “she was taking my siblings and I home.”

I learned that home is not necessarily where your parents are, but where your heart is. Being at home with my parents did not change the condition of my heart, it only changed my residence. I found safety, security and love in both places most of the time. But I was still a prisoner of my own mind. One of the first principles I learned, in order to escape from being a prisoner of my mind was to “let go and let God”

Once I lined up my thinking with God’s word, everything began to change for me. No longer did my struggles in life, hold me back from who God destines for me to be. I am reaching higher heights every day. Giving God the glory every step of the way. I have found as long as I keep my eyes on Jesus there is nothing to impossible for Him to do.

I have a special needs son that has Down Syndrome, before he was born I had great dreams and aspirations that I had planned to achieve. After his birth I laid my dream down. To God be the glory, I am moving forward with a special needs child. I have learned, if you want something bad enough there is nothing that can stop you from getting it.

So don’t allow life’s situations stop you from following your dreams, if I did it, so can you. “You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you”