Do you day dream? Do you have dreams about your future that you have carried with you for decades?
I do.
I have always dreamed of when I am older. I mean like GRANDMA older.
I have a white house with green shutters that is set back off the road. I have a blonde cocker spaniel named Shug that follows me everywhere. I have a huge cookie jar full of homeade cookies that beckons my grandkids when they come to visit.
And then, I have the woods. Not the scary kind of woods that you can't see into. Just the serene woods that all children like to wander through. And when I am old, and my children are grown, I will walk in those woods. I will make up stories to tell my grandchildren about the history of the woods and I will fuss at Shug for getting wet and muddy chasing after a little green frog.
After awhile we will return to the house with the green shutters and sit on the porch. I will drink sweet tea and sing old hymns. I will rock my grandbabies to sleep on the porch while I sing.....
"Oh Yes, Oh Yes
I'm a Child of the King
His Royal Blood
Now Flows in my Veins
And I who was Wretched
And Poor, now can Sing!
Praise God!
Praise God!
I'm a Child of the King.
