the world is your oyster...

throughout childhood we are told over and over again about all of the wonderful things we can acheive if we just stick with it, keep trying, and work hard, etc. 'dream big, keep dreaming, go after your goals.' we are expected to be all we can be, yet remain within the comfort zone of confines and boundaries dictated by what those around us deem acceptable. there are some of us who spend a significant portion of their youth trying to accomplish everything under the sun trying to please others (and hopefully themselves in the process...)--all the while dreaming of and wishing for times when they are free and are truly the boss of themselves.

so here i am, finally master of my own life. large and in charge. i already have the awesome family i was fairly sure i'd never have. but what's next? i have a husband who supports every dream i could possibly have or want to persue--not because he feels like he has to or because that's his 'job,' but because he really does believe in me. (that might have just a little something to do with why i married him, no?) the only thing holding me back is ME. there's nothing/no one else to blame for not moving forward, only myself. and that's pretty damn scary.