It’s a gorgeous Southern California Fall day, crisp, with an amazingly bright blue sky, puffy white clouds rarely seen in these parts, and I am feeling filled with the spirit of gratitude! I hope wherever you are, the weather is great, and if you’re traveling, that the roads and rails are safe.

Wherein I start with who I am.

I am a 45-year-old woman who has seen 3 of her dreams come true: to have worked in the movie industry, which I did for 15 years; to have met the man I love and to still be with him 15 years later; and to have 2 beautiful sons.

Now it never occurred to me when I was a kid that I would get to have even one dream come true, much less so many by now.

But what I now know is that I have dreams as yet unrealized. I don’t even know what some of them are yet – I only know I have to move forward and towards them.

One dream I’m working on is being a writer. I know that it is completely within my control to achieve this dream: If I sit my butt down in front of this computer and type, then I have a chance; if not, I don’t.

Another dream I have is to be able to give away large sums of money. I mean BIG. This dream will take even more work on my part, and the confluence of many beautiful coincidences and strokes of luck. It’s out there for me, I know it.

I don’t think I ever had a dream to be a blonde. In fact, I was quite happy being a brunette for about 44 years. But suddenly, here I am, a highlighted, striped-headed, bottle blonde lady of 45, and when I look in the mirror I think: Finally, the real me.

Now that’s a dream come true.

An original post by Sarah Auerswald.

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s my first step into the fray. I am launching all over again and I’m very excited.

I am in fact a mom who lives in Mar Vista, so the name really fits.