Tell me about the biggest thinker you know.  Is it a teacher, friend, colleague, volunteer, or community leader?  What big thing has he or she done, created, or tried that makes them like Pinky Dinky Doo?  If your nominee is selected, our Dream Big pillow (valued at $100.00), along with a copy of your nomination, will be delivered to their doorstep in time for the holidays.

I am so blessed to have such good friends in my life. Sometimes I have to pinch myself. However, I do believe that everyone comes into your life for a reason and 18 years ago I was lucky enough to cross paths with my dear friend Marianne. We were roommates for 3 years and had a lot of fun together but more than fun was the journey she has taken me on. She helped me look at myself from a different angle and still helps me do that to this day. She is a thinker...one of the biggest thinkers I know. Marianne encourages those around her to be thinkers as well. She dreams big and needs a soft place to land when the dreams don't go quite as planned. What better place than a Dream Big pillow . A dream that has been several years in the making for her is about to come to life. I know for a fact that a soft place to land along this journey would have been welcomed with open arms. However, knowing her the way I do, she will continue to need that soft place because she will continue to dream big and think big until the day she passes on. Please consider my big thinker, dream big, dear friend as a recipient for the awesome pillow!

Amen to Claudia's nomination!  But in the spirit of the post, I'll talk about some other big dreamers in my life:

Like Heather's daught Lilly, my daughter Owen is a big thinker.  She's constantly leaving me notes to say she loves me or to remind me to have a great day.  She's kind to her sisters and loves to do extra projects at school.  Her dress is creative and she loves to show others how they can change small things to have an easier life (clipping your lunch box to your back pack to free your hand to hold a sibling's hand to get on the bus as an example).  She designs experiments and inventions constantly.  Sometimes things I think are small piles of trash are really machines to do something.

My friend Teri is also a big thinker.  She's working hard to bring positive pregnancy education to every continent.  She's designed her own program, she's traveled around the world to bring her program to women every where.  This has impacted women's lives in lots of places, including China, Romania, Korea, India, etc.  Her goal is to have women able to make chioces that are empowering for their births and helping inspire them to be confident parents.

I have some more big dreamers but have to go give my presentation at school now...