Talking Mice, Fire Ants, and A Dragon

I enjoy sharing stories of the conversations that my oldest daughter and I have had over the years. She has a Wonder for Life of near mythological proportions. To hear her speak of Dragon Flies, Fire Ants, and Humming Birds one would think these creatures exist nowhere else in the universe. Her life, at every moment, is a fairy tale filled with fantastic color, talking animals, and invisible friends. In my daughters world; the phoenix rises from the ashes, Cinderalla becomes a queen, the frog becomes a prince, the scrooge becomes a good friend and Pinocchio becomes a real boy. Oh the dreams she dreams! One day she will marry a prince and live in a castle with talking mice and friendly dragons.
“Dad, you can live in the castle too and travel the world with me!”

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow

----Langston Hughes (Dreams)