Monsters University

Up until about 2005, my life had been perfectly executed, exactly how I had planned.

Goal #1: Get good grades in high school so I can be accepted into a great university.

Goal Met: I worked my TAIL off, studied hard, applied myself and graduated Valedictorian.

Goal #2: Get good grades in college, so I can secure a dream job.

Goal Met: I graduated Magna Cum Laude, received a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, and accepted a surgical internship at a big Houston hospital.

Goal #3: Marry a good man.

Goal Met: In 2003, I married the man of my dreams who makes me laugh every day.

Goal #4: Start a family.

Uhhhh..........

"Houston, we have a problem"

Never in my wildest dreams did I EVER think that I would have trouble getting pregnant. I had always been a very practical, black and white thinker (like Mike Wazowski in Disney Pixar's Monsters University). 

If you wanted something bad enough, you worked hard for it, and it would happen. Period. End of story.

Yah....not so much. Just because you put a lot of effort into something doesn’t mean you’ll succeed.

Mike had aspirations of becoming a scarer and worked his entire life to make his dream come true.

What I love about Monsters U, is that it is REALISTIC (unlike some of my favorite past Disney movies). The message of this movie is simple: Believe in Yourself, Never Give up on Your Dreams. While it is great to believe in yourself and pursue your dreams against all odds, sometimes life doesn't quite work out the way you had planned. The fact is: no matter how hard you try, there may be certain things about yourself that you cannot change (i.e. height, color, medical conditions, etc).... And guess what folks, that is perfectly OKAY!

EVERYONE has a purpose and a place. It may just mean that your current dreams need a little tweaking.

I came to realize that no matter how hard I tried and did everything by the book, I could not get pregnant without medical intervention.  So, I found a new purpose in life, a new dream~ to support others in similar situations. I went through a terribly rough time trying to get pregnant and endured a painfully scary quadruplet pregnancy~ so that I could share my story with people across the world and give them hope.


"How did you believe in yourself and achieve your Dream?”
Tell me in a comment below and be entered to win a $50 Visa Gift Card and a Monsters University Blu-ray Combo Pack!

Own It First On Digital HD 10/8 & Blu-ray™ Combo Pack 10/29


Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b) Tweet (public message) about this promotion; including exactly the following unique term in your tweet message: “”#SweepstakesEntry”"; and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post”
c) Blog about this promotion, including a disclosure that you are receiving a sweepstakes entry in exchange for writing the blog post, and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
This sweepstakes runs from 10/3/13 – 11/3/13.
Be sure to visit the Monsters University Page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!