Tag: imagination

Blast from the Past 🩷

You will see another selfie below. Honestly, it was not intentional but had to be used today because the pic of me fits more than a pic of Warrior. 2 months in a row~ I would not have guessed. 🤷🏻‍♀️

This is a *BRAND NEW* story I’m sharing with you readers today as nobody in all these years has heard it, NOBODY. It’s worth sharing because well, you will know soon enough. It came to my thinking so I decided to make it a post today. I hope you enjoy so get comfy because this match might be longer than our usual time together. Load the spaceship with that rocket fuel warriors because we are blasting off. 🚀

I’m going to “introduce” you to a few friends from my past. Some names were changed to protect their identity and their story is edited for content. It’s like a movie which states: “ based on actual events” or “ inspired by a true story.” You get the idea. Now with that being out of the way, here it is.…*** Amanda was a woman I knew back in the early ‘90s who had an almost 13 year-old daughter, Michelle. She was a single mother trying to make ends meet. After getting pregnant in high school by her boyfriend Dave, they did remain together~~~ for a bit. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the military and was killed during training. So horrible, isn’t it? Michelle had no memories of her Dad and her grandparents lost their only child. 😓

Over the years, Amanda got help in raising her little girl from both sets of parents while she attended college and held down a job. She was lucky to be so supported. She did date a few guys but nobody that important worth introducing to Michelle. It was the 2 of them mostly and they became inseparable. Years passed and Amanda wanted to think of something extra special for Michelle’s 13th birthday. It was well known how her daughter loved performing in school plays, drama, and all that so she needed it to involve her love of acting in a way. Michelle loved TV, the movies, theater, and all stuff similar but in particular one guy on a favorite show of hers. I for one knew not to tease her because of my past in that area! 🤭

Amanda had seen how this actor would be performing locally near their town very soon ( as he did many things) so that was the perfect b-day gift. No reality shows or podcasts then people! She got tickets and surprised Michelle by going backstage to meet her hero, Nick. Her daughter’s emotions were ecstatic! Michelle‘s photos of him on her walls had turned into reality as she and her mom made their way after the performance to Nick’s dressing room. Amanda was so happy her daughter could experience this once in a lifetime milestone. She hadn’t truly followed Michelle’s interests the same but respected her girl for honoring them. They both meet Nick and he can’t take his eyes off Amanda despite the birthday girl’s dream coming true. Can you guess where this is going? 💘

I know it sounds cliché but I was happy too when Nick and Amanda started dating. Despite his busy work schedule, he found time to spend with both girls. Michelle imagined her “crush” becoming her stepdad. Only natural, right? After a whirlwind romance~~~it DID happen as several months later, they were married and then a year later Nick adopted Michelle. Parents questioned the validity but Nick proved to them all his true love for Amanda and Michelle. I gotta say this too~~~the song they used for their wedding dance was one of my favorites mentioned on here years ago! I have it on my playlist. They even had fireworks outside at their reception, so cool!🎆🎇

Their romance lasted and then after a few more years, Nick’s schedule became more part-time all while Amanda was pregnant with twins. They had a beautiful life together and I kept in touch with them all. Fast-forward about 10 years or so, with Michelle now engaged and about to graduate college. Time surely flew by, that is for sure. Her Dad danced the Father/ Daughter dance 🥹 at Michelle’s reception when afterwards, it was her time to be with a man of her new dreams. Amanda and the twins danced on the side as Nick beamed happily at this girl, now almost young woman he got to help finish raising. A year later, Amanda and Nick became grandparents and Michelle’s siblings were now an aunt and uncle.

I will stop there because this can get quite lengthy with their lives if I don’t. I know you are thinking: “ what in the world, this has nothing to do with Warrior!” Here’s where I will make the connection, finally right? Whether or not you are a fan of pro wrestling, TV, the movies, or anything~~~don’t you get hooked into a storyline of sorts? Of course you do. How can you not? All that has a way of bringing our emotions to the surface and identifying with the characters. For me, yep this is absolutely true of all that I watch or even read in books. With Warrior~~~ it was no different. As a teen I watched, followed, and got “roped” in with all the content and then later on, once again watching him resurface. The story of Amanda, Michelle, and Nick is the same. Did you feel involved with me sharing their lives? I bet in some way you did just like knowing details about others over the years. I remembered all those specifics to share with you like they never left my memory, similar to Warrior’s return coming back, never forgotten.

If you ARE still with me, as I hope you are, here’s the end dear reader. The match is over~ ding, ding, ding. 🛎️ To preface, I do hope to not offend or belittle you in any fashion but just to prove my creative point. Are you curious about what happened to Amanda, Michelle, and Nick? WELL…, they were *CREATED* by me and my imagination when in my early 20s. Yep, MOSTLY all made up (not everything though…) which has remained with me still 30+ years later. So sorry, but did I get you? I wasn’t trying to trick but again~to share and prove how one can get into a storyline with fascinating characters. To think I didn’t even know I was a writer then~~~ nope, too oblivious. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I still think I could’ve been a soap opera writer or romance novelist. Hallmark channel? Maybe in a past life? 🤔I hope you didn’t get too attached to my “story” but it was my favorite of all the ones I invented during my younger days of relaying ideas out of my head. For the most part, my work is non-fiction (naturally) but sometimes I actually do come up with a cast and go with it. It’s sort of like imagining a WWE Superstar and rebranding as time goes on. I think of those 3 Superstars sometimes and laugh at my humble beginnings. Never would I have thought they’d impact me as much, just like someone else I know too did and still does… 💙

P.S. Try creating your own cast of characters for a story, if only in your mind. No need to share, but who knows where it will take you? We all deserve a happy ending because realistically~~~ not everyone will get one.

P.P.S. Again, so sorry loyal readers for that “letdown” if you felt that way. Here’s my advice though. Read a book and you might find your own escape with an Amanda, Michelle, or Nick. NO….., they were not taken from a book.. Oh, and I rarely came up with a whirlwind romance. That’s not for me, but we need to step outside that comfort zone or familiar wrestling arena.

*** AND~~~ believe it or not, Amanda and Nick *WERE* based on two real people as I just embellished their journey together. See, not entirely fabricated! 💞

My History with Dreaming😴

Hello there, fellow dreamers! At least I hope you are. Even if you don’t remember those “nighttime sleeping ones,” we all have dreams in this life to pursue. Today though, I’m gonna clue you in on the history with my very active dreaming life. I hope then some of you might understand a little more about those vivid yet sometimes wacky Warrior dreams I receive. I was destined to have them come to me anyways but knowing I have been a dreamer since childhood helped out a bunch. I’m not saying if you have that trait, a past celebrity will come in your dreams or even if you’ll remember any. Not all mine are wacky and yet if significant enough, my memory recalls them. Not all are funny, cute, or about Warrior either. It’s a mixed up scene where anything goes but here’s my history.

As a child, I would struggle to fall asleep. I was all set in bed and my sister would zonk out pretty fast in hers. I didn’t. I would have busy days, but my mind couldn’t settle. How could I be wide awake an hour later? That doesn’t happen with kids, does it? My mom would come in and rub my belly or talk quietly but nope, nothing seemed to work. I was never much of a napper as I’ve said before, but this was night when all was quiet and dark. Who would count sheep? Sorry if that worked for you but I always thought it to be very silly. 🙄🐑Are sheep like our fluffy pillows or something? I never understood it and never found out why. The truth is, I was a kid with anxiety but didn’t know that term then. No medicine either. My worries were about friends, school stuff, social activities, and whatever else. Now I know my brain is still like that. Adults are different of course with their worries, and all have anxiety but my sensitivities as a child seemed puzzling. I didn’t count sheep but was the black sheep and still am. That’s OK though. I know better now.

I can’t tell you how this came to be but finally after who knows what amount of time went by, I found my cure two ways. Again, I was young and this might not work for everyone but my intuition or maybe even imagination became a Tag Team helping that little girl self. The first solution was to think of my favorite things. You can sing the song here, I won’t. I will say though I have re-written that famous song in my head with my favorites multiple times. 🥰 It became like a mantra which is similar to my grown-up ones of today. Instead of: “I am grounded, I am centered, I am relaxed, etc…” of now, it was: “I LIKE…” of yesteryear. Some of mine were: ” I like to swim. I like to sing. I like to ride my bike. I like to play with dolls. I like to read books. I like summer. I like the color pink. I like pizza.” Get it? Over time, my brain focused on those things, and it worked! No long sentences either. I even used this technique years later for my daughter and it worked for her too. I was around 10 or so when first doing this so think simple innocent things. Really though, many of those things are still my likes of today.

The next idea made perfect sense to me with all the TV I watched. I KNOW many of you have imagined being in or on your favorite shows, maybe even movies? Possibly not in a dream but you thought about it back in the day I bet. One of the first for me was “The Dukes of Hazzard.” . Who doesn’t love a car chase to get you to go to sleep ha ha? I would be a friend of Daisy’s and I’d write an entire plot for an episode. See, writing in my mind even then. OK, I did “like” John Schneider but again, I was 10. Some storylines would get more involved as I got a little older with other shows, but ya know what~~~ I fell asleep and that was all that mattered. 🥱👏🏻

So, we DO need that imagination as we age too. It isn’t just for childhood. Warrior had said this many, many times. It keeps us being dreamers, (not just at night) but also motivating us to keep going towards that positive goal. It isn’t meant to be disregarded just because we don’t make believe as kids anymore. Imagining helps bring ideas to fruition and gives them life. Look at many success stories of others and you will know what I mean. “Dreams don’t do themselves.” I know that Warrior but they start somewhere. To any wondering- NO, NO, NO about my Warrior dreams. I shouldn’t even have to defend but will for a moment. None of those dreams shared have been me “making them up,” letting my mind grieve way back, or any other excuses one would say. I do believe our imagination DOES work with the Universe to guide as a team. We are not bystanders, although in dreams we might seem to be. They come as lessons, hints on our journey, or areas we need to work on. It could be very broad but they are never without meaning. Yes, some may just be to amuse or connect to your daily life but others go deeper at times. It’s up to us to find the why if we choose to. 

Warrior used his imagination to dream a life he truly wanted whether that was his possible career ideas or more personal. We need to be the same. It might sound silly but we need that child like ability to really get excited about anything that interests us. I’ve had my real life get played out in dreams and then dreams that hinted on my real life. This might not be like you but it is all part of us. Dreams will influence your life in ways sometimes unimaginable. Your history will not be mine but we might intersect along the way during this journey of life. Ya never can tell. 😉 I use to share my dreams with family when younger as some were so weird and crazy, I just had to tell. As time went on, I became more defensive since they meant much more to me and so very personal. They weren’t just passed loved ones either. It wasn’t a joke anymore although some can still be. The audience needed to be changed so it became my job being more selective. 

Write some down if you can and perhaps you’ll begin a little history of your OWN. The weirder ones you’ll remember the most but many remembered are amazing too. If struggling to get to the actual “dreamland,” just don’t count sheep! Try my tricks from childhood or think of new ones. Use that imagination too, it does work. Crystals under my pillow work as well for you spiritual folks. 💎 We ALL dream as my daughter recently learned in her psychology class. I already knew…🥹

P.S. That’s another promo pic from the “Always Believe” DVD. Check out his pants!! More to come… Oh, and 2 of my birthdays are on there.

1st= my 14th (:

2nd= my 20th (:

*** 6 years apart, that number again!

P.P.S. AND, many songs have

“Dream (s)” in the title and I thought of some but none used today. A few days before writing this post, I DID wake up with the song “Imagination” in my head from the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” How about that? One of my faves, connecting to this post, and I played Charlie’s Mom- Mrs. Bucket in a grade school production back in the day! That’s been shared…. 🍫🌈💫🙏🏻

*** Find more dreams in my book “Spirit and Belief.” It’s over on Amazon and other book retailers…



From Warrior weeds to wishes… 🤍🤞🏻🌬️

I love that new shirt of mine you see below! Can’t believe it was from a thrift store. It had ME all over it. This marks the end of my month with selfies. Next week we’ll be back to Warrior pics as I’m sure you fans prefer seeing him. I’m going to talk a minute about those dandelions mentioned with this title. They even got a sentence in my book, Spirit and Belief. As a kid, did you ever pick them? Maybe it was the yellows but maybe you liked the “dead”ones and made those wishes. Yes, they are weeds but as kids, we saw flowers that populated our yard until being mowed over. No chemicals for us. Did you know they are edible? The yellow ones I mean. Can’t say I ever tried but great for you. I might try in the spring, but still I’m somewhat cautious. I do drink dandelion tea sometimes, super beneficial. 🫖

As adults, I’m sure you don’t make wishes that way anymore but when the mood strikes me, I still do. I remember in the spring after Warrior passed grabbing a few and wishing he was OK. Kind of like my “hopes”in meditation a few weeks back. It might sound silly, but we NEED that imaginative nature that is abundant during childhood. Being playful is so important and despite our serious lifestyles, it is essential. That is something I need to work on too. Sure, I make my jokes but I crave the wonder of little things from time to time. Wishing on dandelions isn’t silly to me, but for some it could be. No, I don’t go skipping about but some kid things never fade from me. How about you? There are those wishing stars too… 💫

I did an entire post several years back on the kid in us so I won’t get into all that again but just spend some time thinking about your wishes. They might come across as weeds but they are yours to dwell upon. I always wish to inspire and educate any of you sharing what works in your life. Even if I just humor you, my wish is that you are entertained! 😉 Get those seeds blowing in the wind warriors…

 I guess we all have many wishes and sometimes it comes across as wants, needs, or just making things better overall. My wants and needs get blurred into one so with my journey, they tend to move that way. We do get inspiration and need other tools to assist us in manifesting besides those dandelions. Think BIG which is another area I need to improve upon. I love little things but aiming big brings us confidence. With me though when that happens, I occasionally give my trust and then it collapses. UGH- it happens to us all. We need the lessons warriors since that is how we grow internally (if you know what I mean here.) Just recently, I had joined a new group and was pretty excited about this moving forward. After my second meeting, a special message was told to me that I fully embraced. It all seemed to be going in the right direction with what I felt and how it went about. I do have lots to learn but always am open.

When visiting with my Energy Healer last week, I discussed that new opportunity. I won’t share the specific details but let’s just say that wasn’t the group for me and the message relayed was invalid. I trust my Healer and guides working through her as that group was new to me. Yeah, I was disappointed as like the saying goes: “one step forward, two steps back.” Right? Maybe I try too hard, I dunno… 🤷🏻‍♀️ We all need to keep going so I was very fortunate to be spared what could’ve been sorta disastrous to me and what I give my energy to. It is hard to end things but thankfully I wasn’t that close so moving on…

A BIGGER wish beyond that part of my life is another area with pursuing a different project of sorts. No idea on the HOW which we have to release but still need to do our part with seed planting.. It is something that’s been on my brain for a while now but it’s baby steps. I can still dream big, but need to let go of the end result. I am more excited about this possible collaboration than that previous group mentioned above. I do wish for this to come about at some point during 2023 and I DO have guidance on it, so we shall see. Maybe I will keep you updated as anything progresses but fingers crossed, it will!

I wish you all those big ideas and sometimes you gotta just go for it despite fear, trust issues, or possible failure. It’s what makes us who we are. If we continue doing and being the same, that’s how we will always be. If you are comfortable with that, fine but most are not. Look at Warrior if you’re stuck on this whole wish list. He kept going with his wishes, dreams, and ideas all the time. Warrior wants the same for us~ he truly does. Up in parts unknown, he along with your own group of cheerleaders just wants you to be happy. We do feel unsure at times and with me I’m usually in the middle. Guess my intuition doesn’t always kick in as my free well is there to decide. You have to make your own choices too warriors.

We need to always believe things will fall into place the way they should and not to rush the process. I will have to brainstorm more on this future project idea (of mine) as it slowly comes together. 💡Connections do matter and we use our strengths to make it happen. They give their gifts and we give ours. The trick is to decipher what is truly right and that sometimes is hard to do. I DO know this idea is ultimately positive and somehow will be brought to life. 🥰👏🏻Maybe when I see the first dandelion turn, I will find it and make this one wish. My eggs are never in one basket so to speak and again~~~ the HOW part is a mystery. I can and will still do the work because it’s part of me always. Make your OWN wishes warriors and plant those seeds. A weed? A flower? Your perspective so let it GROW. Here’s to all your wishes!

P. S. Oh, next week will be more wrestling based (in a way) for those of you craving or missing that!!! Find me on a U.W. fb group, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. You can also check out my book- Spirit and Belief which details a lot more on my spiritual connection to Warrior. His energy inspired my own intuition and psychic gifts to expand! It’s over on Amazon and other book outlets (: 📗💙✍🏻

Just Imagine warriors…

This post is a day early warriors as I have much going on tomorrow. Also, this blog will be the last one of 2019 as I am taking a few weeks off for the Holiday Season. Not to worry though. I’ll be back in 2020 (wow!) with a funny family one to start the New Year! Feel free to archive posts if you’re missing me too much!! 😉

So, just imagine warriors. What could that mean? Well, for this topic it’s kinda like the question you got asked as a kid. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That means your job. We all had those answers, didn’t we? Maybe you didn’t know or maybe you still don’t consider yourself a grown up? Whatever the case, let’s use that imagination I’m sure you all still have.

Warrior says in that video above how the Ultimate Warrior will keep running and that’s how we all need to be. Not literally but just to keep going, dreaming, imagining, and then achieving. Whatever that is for you. I’ll link the WWE video at the end but most fans know his story. He had many professional aspirations and being a pro- wrestler wasn’t even one of them. Life sends detours for sure and we can decide what road to take.

If for just one day, you could take a professional detour, what would that be like for you? Imagine yourself out of your current job or situation and into another. I’ll be an example here. Well, let’s see… I did always want to be a wife and mom (no paycheck!) but becoming a preschool teacher was my profession for many years. Once I decided on early childhood, that was it for me. Never ever ever did I imagine becoming a writer of two international blogs, publishing a book Spirit and Belief, having a website, making YouTube videos, and all this! UM- no way! Some things aren’t money related but still shows the detours. Dana is now on the creative writing team of WWE. Am sure she never imagined that detour in her life either. Culture may decide also but it’s all there for you.

Now, if I could change something– hmm… What would I imagine? I guess I would probably be a singer! I’m not really sure how that would get played out but I have imagined it. My kids still tease me about music and singing but it doesn’t bother me. Will I ever do that professionally? No. That’s o.k. though. Good thing I have always loved music as I get plenty of Warrior signs that way!

Now, it’s your turn. You can’t just put yourself on a tropical island here….(ah, how nice though…) 🌴Again, this is about money but not everything is. I mean another career. Maybe you love houses and dream of selling real estate? Maybe you love T.V. and imagine becoming an actor? Whatever it is, it’s yours to imagine. Be that kid again that we all seem to forget about.

I thought about changing this topic to include personal ideas but didn’t want anyone regretting relationships with significant others or possibly having kids! Some things we may regret but know they are life lessons getting you to where you are now. There are shared traits of course between us all. Don’t all of us want to be financially secure? To be happy? Healthy? Of course we do and we all should.

Nowadays, people will have multiple jobs over the course of their professional life. Quite possibly gone are the days of securing that elusive job with your college degree and sustaining it for 40+ years until retirement. Some may still do this but is becoming a rarity anymore with all of society’s changes. Who knows how it’ll be for my kids? Time will tell, they’ll have detours but we must never stop imagining.

I’m not saying “daydreaming” to the point of depression. No pity at all with the “wonder what my life would’ve been like?… ” scenario. Nope! Just fun here. Look at all Warrior did with his imagination without some ideas initially at all. You can be that way too. I have and our brains need that sometimes. Just remember to stay in the present moment since that’s what we have. To think about the past or future is fine but not for too long as I’ve said before.

As I sign off for a bit, enjoy your time imagining warriors. Even if just for a day. Be that kid with all the dreams however they are! 🧚💫😴

P.S. Keep running warriors and I will too! Send 2019 out with some FUN (:

“Ultimate Warrior Reflects on his Legacy.” ( before the 2014 WWE HOF) ~~ 4:26

YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/oTSc4MP5ofk