Comments on: “As He Gazes Toward the Horizon…” http://www.jennibrownwrites.com/2009/09/as-he-gazes-toward-the-horizon/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:19:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Mom http://www.jennibrownwrites.com/2009/09/as-he-gazes-toward-the-horizon/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Mom Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:00:52 +0000 http://www.jennibrownwrites.com/?p=1036#comment-278 Hang on honey, the best is yet to come. This is so you! I still remember watching in you at 18 months old tackle a 1/2 round monkey bar...the rainbow shape kind. You stared at it for a few minutes. Put one foot on the first bar, grabbed the second bar with two hands and pulled yourself up. After shaking there for a few seconds you very methodically started to go up, not know where you were going. You just wanted to go on an adventure. You went up, over and stopped at the top, 6 feet above the ground. My friend had to keep me from rescuing you. "She can do it, just stand under her." "OK mom, don't hyperventilate, she can do it," I repeated to myself. Then just as slow and methodical as you went up, you came down...scared as heck! Your face proved it. But, when you got down and your feet touched the sand, your hand shot up, your face beamed and your feet did the happiest, most exuberant happy dance I have ever seen. Yes, I know this change is what you wanted but sometimes it is scary to get what one wants. It will be so worth it. I promise. Keep reaching for the stars Jenni, the best is yet to come. Only those who dare to dream and press through the fear of getting what we want ever end up with stories worth writing about :) Hang on honey, the best is yet to come. This is so you! I still remember watching in you at 18 months old tackle a 1/2 round monkey bar…the rainbow shape kind. You stared at it for a few minutes. Put one foot on the first bar, grabbed the second bar with two hands and pulled yourself up. After shaking there for a few seconds you very methodically started to go up, not know where you were going. You just wanted to go on an adventure. You went up, over and stopped at the top, 6 feet above the ground. My friend had to keep me from rescuing you. “She can do it, just stand under her.” “OK mom, don’t hyperventilate, she can do it,” I repeated to myself. Then just as slow and methodical as you went up, you came down…scared as heck! Your face proved it.

But, when you got down and your feet touched the sand, your hand shot up, your face beamed and your feet did the happiest, most exuberant happy dance I have ever seen.

Yes, I know this change is what you wanted but sometimes it is scary to get what one wants. It will be so worth it. I promise. Keep reaching for the stars Jenni, the best is yet to come. Only those who dare to dream and press through the fear of getting what we want ever end up with stories worth writing about :)

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