A couple years ago, I wrote about following your dreams. Lots of us dream about all kinds of things: travel, meeting someone special, meeting a famous writer or… I guess an actor or something. Writers are cooler.

*ahem*

Anyway. I thought I would revisit that post and revise it to include some of what I’ve learned since I first wrote the post.

I do this because, honestly, it’s at times hard to know what to tell my kids about following their dreams. I have spent years off and on following my dr...