Dreams - A Vignette by VampireMaiden

Dreams are very important to any person. A dream is what pushes you through life, a dream inspires you, a dream keeps you alive. Letting go of a dream is a shame, the biggest loss I think a person can have. It may be hard to accomplish and sometimes it may strike you as impossible, but if you keep dreaming, it hopefully will one day come true. My mother had a dream; she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted to help others and she wanted to be somebody. But her dream was lost when she dropped out of college to get a job, married my dad, and raised some kids. But she has a good job; it’s just not the one she dreamed of. I have a dream, too, you know. I tell everyone I want to be a vet, and I do, I do. That’s a small dream I have. I love animals so much, I’m even a vegetarian. Growing up watching Animal Planet is what probably got me going. After cartoons, Animal Cops Miami and E-Vets would be on my T.V. These officers and surgeons would be brave and save there animals and that inspired me. I wanted to be as strong as they were and so I decided that I wanted to save these animals lives, by making them healthy and cure them. I’m prepared to do anything I can to help them. But what I really want is just a secret desire. That part inside of me that wants something bigger, and that is to work on Broadway and in films; to be an actress. I started acting when I was in 1st grade. It was only an activity to keep me occupied as a child, it was never meant to be something that would turn into a love. As the years went on, it really turned into something fun and exciting. And the thing is, I was pretty good at it. And I got better and better as the years went on, and I got to move up in theatres and move onto more difficult plays and theatres. And this is where I want to stay. Of course, it will be a hard decision growing up, weather I want to head into the direction of acting or a veterinarian. They both head off in two very different directions. Yes, I could do both, but I want to be able to concentrate on one subject so I can excel at the end of my high school career and in college. It’s always been deep in my mind, a fantasy I never want to forget, but I have to keep dreaming. And hopefully I will get there. All I do is practice and have hope, search for opportunities and keep wishing. Never giving up is the key. And I will never give up, for I hope, I wish, I dream it will all come true.