I've always liked to dream about what I would do if I won the lottery. Lots of people do this and lots and lots of us have plans for when we win. It’s fun to think about, and doesn't cost a thing to dream. I love listening to someone describe what they would do, build a house, or travel to every continent. Somebody has to win it sometime; so maybe it will be me. It would help if I bought a ticket now and then, because I know this dream is never going to come true if I don’t. Dreaming is fun to do, but making dreams happen is much harder.
Seven years ago a group of us sat around a table and started dreaming. What would we do if we owned the Central school property? What would we build on that space, how could we use it to make an impact on the community, how could it benefit the church, the daycare? As you can imagine we had lots of ideas, big ideas, small ideas and lots and lots of crazy ideas and dreams. We laughed at many, thought about a lot of them, and worked to make a plan. The two things that we wanted were a playground for the child development center and a place for students to grow and explore their faith. We talked to other people who got excited about our dream, AND we talked with others who said our dream was crazy and would never happen. There were times when we thought our dream was so close, only to realize that what we dreamed of couldn't work as we thought, and we had to start all over again. Yet our group kept working, kept praying, and kept the dream alive. We realized that the bend in the road was not the end of the road; it just led to new things.
We aren't done working yet. We still have money to raise, decisions to make, leases to be signed and more dreaming to do, but things are starting to happen. It is exciting! I can’t wait to see what happens in the next 18 months; it’s going to be amazing!
Sharon Portaro, Director of Presbyterian Child Development Center
Ex-Officio Member Harless Center Board of Directors
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