Cindy’s mom and my dad –

We had a dream and instead of nurturing it they slammed a lid on it and now 45 years later the lid is still on it.

What is a dream to a kid – it is a window to the future – it is the opportunity to see the road ahead and start down the path to their future. Sometimes, but what happens when that dream is squashed? Or even just belittled or put in doubt? It is like putting a lid on the pot or closing the window and lowering the blinds. The child knows that the dream was there but it is taken away from them and they are left holding on to the memory of what could have been instead of the beginning of what can be. About 40 years ago Cindy and I both had dreams and they were squashed, only now are we willing to look at them again and consider what if and is there still time? Is it truly “better late than never?”