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The morning is near perfect. There is a wind strong enough to blow the chimes hanging from a tree branch. The air is sweet with their sound. When I looked out the window, I saw bird after bird grabbing a sunflower seed, flying off to eat and then returning for another. I noticed movement in the yard and then spied a rabbit hopping round and munching the greenery. I was worried about Nala so I went out on the deck to watch. Nala never saw the rabbit.

When I was a kid, I had a dream. I dreamed I would travel the world. I would visit the places in my geography book. I remember the picture of Christ the Redeemer standing tall over the city of Rio. I went to Corcovado Mountain and stood at the foot of that statue. I was in awe. I had jumped into the pages of my geography book. I had stepped into a dream.

I always knew from the eighth grade on I would go into the Peace Corps. Back then there were PSA’s on TV about the Peace Corps. I intently watched every one knowing they were directed at me. My father watched and wondered why anyone would do that. What a waste he thought, spending all that money on college then going God knows where for no money. I decided discretion was in order and said nothing. I hung on to this dream. When I was a junior in college, I went to listen to a Peace Corps recruiter. I even took the language test which measures your ability to learn a new language. I went to a country where English is the official language. I can still remember the day I got my invitation to serve. I was going to Africa. Another dream had become reality.

I have never stopped dreaming. I have dreams which will probably never come true, but it is still fun to dream. That I win a million dollars in the lottery is one of those. I figure, though, I’ll have to start buying lottery tickets. I’d like the elves who visited the shoemaker to visit me but not to make shoes but to clean my house. I am so tired of vacuuming Henry fur and cleaning paw prints off the kitchen floor. The big dream is always to go back to Ghana. It is my heart dream.