Dreaming of family heritage

I had a dream when I was young, I wanted to marry a man who loved his country, move to the country and live happily ever after. This city-girl's dream came true when I married the baby blue marine that brought me home to the farm in the middle of nowhere in Missouri. It seemed my dream had come true.

The great thing is that we can have lots of dreams. Today my dream is to make our home a place where people feel comfortable stopping by and to keep the ‘homeplace’ for his brothers, sisters and extended family.

We moved in to my mother-in-law's house when she was sick and stayed after she passed away. We have been updating and renovating to complete the dream she had when they built the house, with their own hands, in 1947. Her dream for a warm and loving home was fulfilled as she raised her 5 children within these walls, nursed family members, and ran a chicken business to send her children to private schools. As she breathed her last breath her dream to pass her work on to her children was fulfilled as she stepped into the arms of the savior.

Each year we have a huge family gathering on the farm. Another dream is that we will have the entire Sonnenmoser/Kuhnert brood of over 200 people with us in the next year or two. Our highest number so far has been 120, that was the summer before we said good-bye to John’s mom.

What do you dream of doing? Check out my friend Pat Layton’s blog at http://patlayton.net/2010/01/share-a-dream-and-win-a-dinner-date-with-pioneer-woman/ to share your dream and enter a drawing for a free book.