dream you’ve fulfi lled
What’s one Lynda Adams Erica Morawski
I have loved music since I was a child and always wanted to be in a rock band. In 2007 I started my own band called Black Rose and was the lead singer for a number of years! I am no longer singing, due to other com- mitments, but still have people ask when I’m going to start a band again because they miss hearing me! I tell them some day because if I made it happen once then I can make it hap- pen again!
This may sounds cheesy, but one dream I’ve seen fulfi lled was owning a pet. As a kid, it seems like all your friends talk about at the lunch table are their pets. Each day, it would feel as though a new lunch mate was getting a dog or a hamster. I remem- ber begging my parents for a pet for weeks, months, and what felt like years. Finally, they caved and my family bought our very fi rst pet: my cat Jack-o-lantern-- Jack for short. Jack lived with us for 16 long years, and I can honestly say that having a pet in my life was one of the most fulfi lling experiences. As a kid, I learned how to love for, and take care of, another living thing. Having a pet instilled in me so many values about life, animals, and nature. I am still grateful that I begged hard enough (with the help of my sisters, to their credit) and that my parents fi nally gave in, be- cause without Jack in my life, I would not have experienced the learning and joys that come with taking care of an animal.
Alexa Morawski
In 3rd grade I started taking private lessons on the clarinet and saxophone with my Uncle, a music teacher in our town. When it was time to consider a major to pursue in college, I had become a pretty accomplished player. I decided against music perfor- mance, but needed to satisfy my desire to continue to be involved in music. After college, I started my own band. It was always my vision to provide challenging horn-oriented funky music to patrons that differed from what they would hear from all of the other bands in the area – music they might have forgotten about, but so connected with. From humble beginnings, during my 25 year tenure we played all the best clubs in the area and were a highly sought after group for wed- dings and corporate functions. The band helped me balance a very demanding corporate job while keeping music in my life… a dream come true!
One dream I’ve seen fulfi lled was venturing abroad to Italy. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been fascinated by the sinking city of Venice. As I grew older, and got into cooking, it was no longer just the water-fi lled streets of Venice that interested me, but all of Italy and each region’s cuisine. When I was 18, I had the chance to go travel around to several parts of Italy, tasting the unique foods of several regions. My last stop before returning home was Venice, and both the food and the fl ooded streets fi lled every one of my expectations—and then some. My new dream: go back to Italy!
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One dream I’ve seen fulfi lled is creating and building Natural Nutmeg Magazine and Essential Living Maine Magazine! After years of working for corporations, I realized that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. In the last 10 years, I’ve been blessed to create some- thing that would help thousands of people, allow me to work from anywhere in the world, make my own hours and give me the abil- ity to earn an unlimited income. Entrepreneurship is not easy but it’s been the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.
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