and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true…

Even when somehow the tone of the rest of the song is sad, I just love this line. And I think of the many dreams I dared to dream which really came true…

My close friends have tagged me a hopeless romantic when we were much younger. I usually keep to myself the dreams I truly hold dear. But there are times that bubbles of those secret dreams surface and I share it with friends. And there are also times when my closest friends and I would have a “dream session”, sessions wherein we share those cherished dreams.

There’s this one dream. A dream that there’d come a day when I wake up and look straight into the eyes of the one I love (who loves me as dearly!) who has lovingly watched me while I was asleep.

I shared this with friends (who reminded me i was such a hopeless romantic) and then I grew up; almost forgetting about the dream; almost convinced I wouldn’t meet my one true north.

And then I met Hubs. And then one morning, I just woke up with his face close to mine, face alit with love for me, watching me sleep. Only, I gave a tiny shriek – so surprised to see someone looking at me really close so early in the morning. Haha! And then I remembered I wished for it. So I settled back with a big smile on my face. And even when my face got bloated with pregnancy (when my confidence with my appearance got thinner as I got fatter), Hubs still does that thing that I wished for many years ago. There were mornings when I’d wake up with a (love) note right beside my head, suggesting to me Hubs was staring at me while I was sleeping.

God is good. And God has better plans than what you had in mind.

Now that I sleep facing my left (hubs is on my right whilst Yui is on my left), it is our daughter’s face that I wake up to in the mornings. There were mornings that her face is just inches from mine, softly cooing, careful in her own way to not wake me up. Face that’s sometimes full of curiosity, with a ready smile the moment she sees me awake.

I dreamt and prayed for one. It was granted. With an added great bonus. This little one who seems to think the best place in the world is right beside Mom. When we enter her room in the daycare, Yui has a big smile for everyone that you could almost see her hand waving, beauty queen style. Teachers told me how charming and friendly and active Yui is at daycare – I could see samples of this whenever I drop and pick her up at daycare. But after a day of learning and making friends and playing, rather than play with her toys and leaf through her books, she would urge me to just lie down and cuddle and talk (blabber) or tickle and hug and kiss. Yui’s head teacher told me Yui is the most energetic and active in her class (even when she’s the youngest!). Yet this energetic and active little lady is content (and requests so!) to just lie down and cuddle with Mommy at the end of the day while we wait for Daddy to come home.

God is good and we are really thankful.

Yui on one of our cuddle up times. Love.