Do you ever sit and day-dream? I still do to this day. When I was a little girl I remember getting in trouble for dreaming and not paying attention in class. It was so bad the teacher talked to my dad about it. I couldn’t help myself, always dreaming about what I wanted in life. Dreams about how to make my dreams come true and dreams about life after childhood. Some were so far-fetched and some pretty simple. All of the dreams building in my head and I knew someday I would be living those dreams. I think about a few of them and thank God for not answering. I see others that came true but were bitter-sweet. Not all of them have come to pass so I wait and pray. Like a little girl I still find myself day dreaming and hoping.
Like most any part of life we see it happening one way but in reality it goes completely different. If you would have told me my life would play out as it has I would have laughed in your face. I was never ever going to be a teacher, never ever going to be married and by no means would I have children. Well God does have a sense of humor you know. I love being a teacher, love being married and my kids well they are the cherry on top of life. At this point I thought I would live somewhere other than Arkansas and Texas. I thought I would have this great big art career and I would have a perfectly organized home with nothing out-of-place. Sometimes dreams are just the planning stage of life. Although they don’t always go as dreamed in the end they work out to pave a journey that is more than a dream but a blessing.
We all gather things and memories to build our past and comfort our future. Somethings fit right into place and other times life is like forcing that square peg in a circle. We learn by trial and error but in the end we learn from the good and bad. Restoring life to my health wasn’t in my dreams but that journey led to Blue Happy Living and the blog. Restoring furniture isn’t always perfect. The process is trial and error as well. Sometimes it works and other times it’s total fail. I don’t get things in perfect condition and most of the time I have piece things together in bits and pieces. Pulling it all together with paint, color, hardware and function makes the journey all worth it. I’ve been working on a table set the past few weeks. I’ll be honest I have struggled with putting together the bits and pieces to make it work. None of the pieces are meant to be together put in the end it all works. I finished up the 2 main chairs and boy are they stunning. This style chair was so popular in the 90’s on the country home seen. With a little paint, sanding and clear finish they are perfect capping the ends of this beautiful table.
We all start in one directions and think we know where we are going. Life has a funny way with twist and turns to send us off in the direction we are supposed to be. Life is hard and easy all at the same time we just have to grab the bull by the horns and ride.
