A Life Long Dream

am·bi·tious  

/amˈbiSHəs/

Adjective Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed. (of a plan or piece of work) Intended to satisfy high aspirations and therefore difficult to achieve.

I guess you could describe me as ambitious because I've made my dreams happen.  For most girls, dreams will only be dreams, but I've never thought of myself in the 'most girls' category.
    One thing most people know about me is that I have always dreamed of having a horse.  After watching the movie Spirit, I was in love.  I started taking riding lessons when I was 5 and didn't really ever stop, even when we moved to Idaho.  I remember thinking, about when I was 9, that I didn't want to wait to have a horse until I was a teenager.  I never really thought far ahead, so I thought my life would be half over by that time.  My dad told me that I had to pay for the horse myself; I was sure that that would never happen until I was out of the house.  So I hunkered down and made myself wait until I was 17.  Dad told me that he could pay for a horse by that time, and I was sure it wasn't going to happen until that exact date.
    I had been taking piano lessons for 5 years when the opportunity came when I was ready to teach piano.  As soon as I saw the chance to buy a horse myself, I pounced on it!  I taught about 6 months before I had saved enough money and had gained 9 students. 
   I wondered what I would dream about next after I bought a horse, but now that I own one, I've realized that I haven't stopped dreaming and horses are still the same to me as they were when I was 10, but more real then ever.