{"id":581,"date":"2014-01-23T21:50:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T23:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/?p=581"},"modified":"2014-03-05T18:17:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:17:34","slug":"once-upon-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peelbooks.com\/susanjoycejourneys\/2014\/01\/once-upon-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon A Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dreams have fascinated me since childhood. My dreams always seemed so real and full of meaning. Hours after dreaming, I could recall in detail the images, voices, and symbols. Most often I didn’t know the meaning immediately, but I sensed it was important information that I needed to figure out. As if a secret message in code needed to be deciphered through careful observation with a willingness to embrace the hidden truth about myself and the world around me.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I felt like Cinderella waking up in the middle of a dream… finding myself in an exciting, glamorous, improbable, far-fetched life. And then I would wonder, does one use dreams to rehearse life? Or life to rehearse dreams? Or perhaps I’ve awakened to a life I dreamed of living.<\/p>\n

As a kid, one of my greatest role models was my great-aunt Gladys. A retired school teacher, she married a banker and they traveled the world. Once a teacher, always a teacher, she sent picture postcards from her travels to family and friends. It was so exciting for me to receive her postcards from far-away places. Before going to sleep, I would place the postcard on my heart and imagine it was a magic carpet that would fly me to the place on the picture postcard. Her postcards encouraged me to travel and explore our great big wonderful planet. Years later, as a young adult, I began traveling and have now visited most of the places Aunt Gladys explored.<\/p>\n

Visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2000, I was reminded of a postcard Aunt Gladys had sent me as a child. It was of a beautiful couple in a dramatic pose\u2014dancing tango in a square. Watching tango dancers live in Buenos Aires, I smiled. Dramatic indeed!<\/p>\n

To honor my great aunt and her positive influence in my life, I wrote a children’s book titled \u201cPostcard Passages.\u201d The above photo is of Great Aunt Gladys and Great Uncle Lyall riding camels in Egypt.<\/p>\n

Today I live in a small beach town in Uruguay, not far from Buenos Aires. Last summer I met and became friends with a fellow writer who happens to be a tango dancer and teacher in Buenos Aires. Small world when you dream BIG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dreams have fascinated me since childhood. My dreams always seemed so real and full of meaning. Hours after dreaming, I could recall in detail the images, voices, and symbols. Most often I didn’t know the meaning immediately, but I sensed it was important information that I needed to figure out. As if a secret message … <\/p>\n

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