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Tonight was my first official start night of school. I am excited. It was great. So many great networking opportunities, so many new and exciting things are awaiting me on this journey. I decided today that I am going to create a "vision" board for myself. It is kind of what some would call an alter, or a focus point, mine is going to be all about my dream. I realize all of my dreams/prayers have been fulfilled so far, but where from here? I will tell you. I want to get my PH.D. in Clinical psychology. I want to raise Delilah with a home school type of attitude while providing a great social network, whether it be a Waldorf or non-traditional type of school, I want to focus on her learning style. I want and envision us as a family going on vacations, even if it just one town over. I envision bringing my family to the "top with me". I am excited about my board, and I will take photos. It will be a visual prayer so to speak, and this will help me to remember to say it all day every day.

Delilah did well, my Dad babysat her which is good for all of us. She was a little thrown off her schedule and Grandpa fed her a few more solids than she normally gets, but hey, she will survive. I am so grateful for him, and feel blessed that I have the family I have. They have allowed me to be able to go back to school and reach for my dreams.

Delilah taught me today that toes taste good. Now, I do not eat my toes, nor any one else except for hers, but what I have watched her do is go back for something that feels nice, something that is new and exciting and wonderful, and challenging. I want that. I want to taste "toes". Everyday Delilah is given the choice to choose the easy toy to grab or the hard toy, and inevitable she chooses the hard one. I believe that this is build into all of us, choose a challenge to learn that we can do it; yet I feel it lost as we grow, we are taught no, instead of yes, we are taught take the easy route in stead, even if the result will be the same as if the hard route was taken. We learn nothing from doing things the "easy way". It is only through mistakes and challenges that we learn new things, and find we might even enjoy a little "toe tasting" every now and again.