Before the businesses, before the cameras, before anyone knew my name outside of the people closest to me… there was a young girl with dreams.

Dreams that were bigger than what she could see. Dreams she didn’t always know how to explain. Dreams she had absolutely no idea how she would accomplish.

But one thing she knew for certain… she wanted MORE.

Not just more money. Not just more things. She wanted more opportunities. More freedom. More possibilities. A life where she could make her own decisions, create her own opportunities, and never have to put a limit on what she could become.

As a teenager, I didn’t have all the answers. I didn’t have some perfectly written blueprint for success. And I certainly didn’t know every road life would take me down.

But I had something that couldn’t be bought.

I had a dream that refused to die.

And looking back, I realize something…

Sometimes the dreams God places inside of you are so much bigger than your current circumstances that they almost seem impossible.

But just because you can’t see the way doesn’t mean there isn’t one.

That young girl had no idea about the businesses she would build, the doors she would walk through, the people she would inspire, or the strength she would one day have to discover within herself.

She just kept believing.

And today, as I approach another birthday, I wish I could go back, wrap my arms around that teenage girl, look her in her eyes, and tell her…

Because the greatest thing about my dreams wasn’t simply watching some of them come true.

It was discovering the woman I was becoming while pursuing them.

And I’m STILL dreaming.
Still believing.
Still building.

Because I know there’s more.