What's your life-long dream?
I have NO INTEREST whatsoever in visiting the moon, or orbiting the earth, or being all cramped up in a spaceship for an extended period of time. Sometimes I get claustrophobic riding in an elevator!
HOWEVER - I have tons of respect for Anousheh Ansari, the 40-year-old chick who made her life-long dream of visiting outer space come true this week. She is the first woman to be a 'space tourist.' Maybe you've already heard that she was born in Iran, moved to the US when she was a teenager, became a zillionaire entrepreneur, and dreams of inspiring girls (particularly Iranian girls) to pursue their dreams.
I'm so impressed with her - she's FORTY (that seems young to me) and she's IN OUTER SPACE (whatever floats your boat!). She got the engineering degrees, she ponied up the $20 million needed for the trip - and now she's LIVING HER DREAM.
You can read a blog written by her admirers here. Now, I may have a PMS issue, but reading notes of support from Iranian girls, Americans, and even a British dude brought tears to my eyes, especially today. Just a reminder that we're all people...anyway, I'm going to have a glass of PMS Escape.
Anousheh, you go girl! Congratulations on making your dreams come true, and on inspiring so many others to do the same.
What's YOUR lifelong dream??
Cheers, Lara
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From the beginning, I have had to deal with all the dynamics of being a single mom , while serving full-time in the United States Air Force and attending college full time. My children are my reason for EVERYTHING and it was through the heartaches and disappointments that I have experienced as a woman and mother that made me want to re-evaluate all that I have been through and how I could use my life experiences to reach out to other women; all that changed about 3 months ago for me. For the past 10 years the three letters AMJ stood for the initials of my two beautiful children. That was until I decided to launch a clothing and accessories line for women called AMJ, which now stood for A Mother's Journey. My business began with t-shirts with heartfelt phrases that were created by me and is evolving into a line of robes, fleece suits, hat and scarf sets and tote bags with creations geared at promoting self-worth and self-growth for all women and mothers. I hope to use my journey to help others along theirs.
My life long dream is to help people realize that they don't have to do things just because most people think it's right or it's a rule, they probably should if it's a good rule, but if it isn't then they have the power to REBEL.
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