Today's title is from the movie, "The Wizard of Oz".
Why am I starting this blog with a quote? I mean, typically there is usually a quote thrown into a blog entry. But as a post title?
Let me explain. When I was a kid, my favourite movie was "The Wizard of Oz". I would watch it over, and over, and over. It drove my dad nuts. Fast forward to 15.. ok, around 28 some odd years later (you people really won't let me stay in my 20's will ya?) my parents made their first trip to Australia. One day, my dad and I were alone waiting for mom... I think she was buying something, using the bathroom... regardless, it was just us. Something made my dad think. I don't know if it was a sign in a shop, a shirt on a passer by, or what exactly. But Australia's nickname is "Oz" or "Aus". With a very serious face, dad looked at me and said "well April, guess you ended up in Oz after all". Neither of us replied there. We just existed. A moment in which no further words were needed.
Thursday July 4th, 2013 is a date I think I will always remember. First off, it was my second July 4th in Australia. It was cold, raining, and I was home sick with what remains of a cold and Wayne was home sick with a nasty stomach bug. (yes friends, our house needs to be disinfected. And my disinfected I mean burned down. With us in it. lol). A few days prior I had told one of friends from nursing school, who is a published author, that I was tossing around writing a book. I have written since a kid as a release. I have an idea in mind as well and have been writing a rough start on it. Tina tells me that if I want any tips to let her know, and if I want to send her anything, she'll happily have a look and give me some advice/feedback. I take her up on this and email the first four typed pages and awaited her response on the instant messenger. I sit and watch for a few minutes. Suddenly the words "Tina is typing" has popped up. Now, other than my blog, I haven't shared anything I have written as an adult with anyone. She comes back and tells me that she likes it, and tells me I have a knack for writing comedy. She made some edits/suggestions and sent back to me. They were fantastic edits so I'm really excited to hit that over the weekend. A few minutes later, Tina asks me if I would co-write a short comedy romance novel with her for her publisher. ME?? Be published? YES PLEASE! I am so excited that words don't even describe it! While co-writing this short novel, I am also writing on my own fiction novel that I am going to hope to publish once it's finished and ready!
It's really an awesome feeling. For me, this is not about becoming rich or famous. IF that happens, I won't reject, don't get me wrong.. haha. But that's not the point or purpose. This has been a dream since I was around 10 and started writing poems and short stories as a kid. My sixth grade English teacher wrote in my yearbook once (yes, I was a dork) "I expect to see a novel with your name on it one day". Well, Mrs. Hancock, your expectations and my dream shall soon be a reality!
Today, I was thinking about it, and how life really has a way of working itself out. My life has been far from a stroll in the park. It's be a stroll through a park with a detour through some crazy ass haunted forests. I don't necessarily regret those detours. They did, after all, make me who I am today. Which is good in some ways, and not so good in others. But it's all part of self development I guess.
While thinking about how excited I was to see this dream become a reality, I thought about how blessed I am and how, once I got to the "Land of Oz" that my dreams have all started to come true. I have found a love that I always dreamed of. Sure we have had our ups and downs, but together we have gotten through things and have come out stronger and closer in the end. My dream of being a Practice Manager came true within nine months of working in my current job. I have a wedding coming up that I am excited about. Sure, I've been married before, and how crazy as it sounds, I never have had the wedding every girl, including me, dreams of as a kid. Where you get to chose your favourite song, your bride maid dresses and flower... all the girlie things we start envisioning at the age of five. The things that girls should be able to have, I am finally gonna get to have. I have met a man who I love and can't wait to start a family with and raise here in Perth. In the past bit I've lost now around 30 pounds or so and have put my health as a higher priority than I use to.
All that's missing now is for my closest friends and parents to move here with me. That's not asking for too much is it? lol.
I am gonna close with a quote from the movie "The Switch" Sure it's a quote I've used in the past, but I like it.. andddddd.. it's my blog. haha.
"Look at us: running around, always rushed, always late. I guess that's why they call it the human race. But sometimes, it slows down just enough for all the pieces to fall into place. Fate works its magic, and you're connected. Every once in a while, amid the randomness, something unexpected happens that pushes us all forward. And the truth is, what I'm starting to think, what I'm starting to feel, is that the human race, isn't a race at all."
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