I could've had the best excuses not to live my dreams. 😅

In 2009 I escaped violence with two little kids. My youngest, a few months old. My oldest not yet two.

I could've given up on my dreams.

I had nothing. I was a broke mama with two kids.

But I dreamed anyway.

I never let my reality get in the way of what I really desired in my life.

Within a year and a half of freeing myself, I moved into a house by the name of Paradise View. It was in a tiny village in the Bay of Islands New Zealand. It was my paradise for a year while I rebuilt myself. I got to go on boat rides to the islands and watch dolphins play. 🤩

Never let your circumstances stop you from your dreams. You can always achieve more than you realise if you can push through the limitations your brain comes up with. 💯

Photo: taken from my bedroom at Paradise View in 2010 😍