Hi beautiful,

How was your night? I hope you had a good night rest.

Today I am reflecting on wishful travels and dreams. A lot of times we work so hard in order to pay bills and in so doing, we forget to dream about beautiful things and beautiful places that we could experience in real time. If we earn enough, we forget to put some of our earnings away for a little getaway. Or maybe we just don’t earn enough yet to afford a full-on trip to some country away from where we live.

Last year 2022 I dreamed of making my way to Paris for a little vacation after wrapping on all the sets I had to be on.

I dreamed of packing some of my things in two mid-sized boxes, getting my manicure, pedicure and my hair done, dressing in comfortable clothes and my favorite pair of sneakers, and booking a ride to the airport.

I dreamed of making my way to check-in for my ticket, stepping up into the airplane while my friend or lover takes photographs of me, sitting by the window and sipping on a glass of pina colada.

I dreamed of arriving Paris and getting vip treatment from the airport, my luggage carried by my taxi driver and placed in the boot, the back seat of the taxi held open for me, and driving through the beautiful city grinning at the scenery like a little girl.

I dreamed of arriving at the hotel i will be staying in and the hotel staff welcoming me like a princess and walking me to my beautiful spacious room with gigantic windows and a wonderful view of the hotel’s garden and pool and waking up the next morning to croissants, bacon and tea.

I dreamed of walking to the city and taking so many pictures, and meeting new people. Imagine speaking a new language in a new country with new people and dancing at a spot to an indie band performing with the biggest smile on your face.

I dreamed of falling in love in Paris.

Swept off my feet by all the wonderful things I hoped to experience in this new country, I reached out to a travel agent recommended by a friend in hopes that I would get my visa sorted in no time, but the agent i reached out to could not guarantee that the visa would be ready on time, especially because i reached out late in the second half of 2022. I tried another agent, but the back and forth only made me discouraged.

I also realized that the bills were catching up again…

Sometimes life can be overwhelming because of the choices we make to be responsible human beings, responsible young women. But we all deserve to spoil ourselves, and be spoiled.

We all deserve a little self care, a little wishful thinking, even when it is just a dream at that moment. For it is with dreams that our realities are shaped, one moment after the next. It is with dreaming that we brace ourselves for the doing…

Paris in 2022 was my favorite dream. What was yours?