Welcome to another edition of “Behind the Scenes of The Dream Doers Series.”
The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets begins on the last day of sixth grade for Alex and Tyler. Last week we finished a short, behind-the-scenes series of the first day of kindergarten Alex and Tyler.
But today and for the next few weeks, we’re going to go even farther back to before they were even born. Yup. That’s right. Starting today, you’re going to get to know…their parents!
This parent profile series begins with Tyler’s mom, Rachel Davis.
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Rachel grew up in Buford, Georgia as the middle child of three girls. All three girls loved to dance ballet, shop anytime they had the chance and play the piano.
Her big dream was to work as a nurse and to be a mom of three girls so she could teach them about ballet, shopping and playing the piano.
Only things didn’t work out quite the way she planned.
She made it to college in Illinois, but she didn’t get in to the nursing school of that college after her freshman year. Too many other people with better grades than her applied. When she realized her big dream to be a nurse wasn’t going to happen, she dropped out of school altogether.
If she couldn’t get a degree in nursing, she didn’t want to get a degree at all. But she didn’t want to tell her parents she had quit school, so she stayed in Illinois and got a job as a receptionist in a doctor’s office.
That’s how she met Ben Davis.
He was one of the doctor’s patients and came in for stitches after he tripped and cut his arm while playing paintball.
Long story short, Ben and Rachel got married. When she got pregnant with Tyler, she thought she was going to finally be able to live her other big dream of being a mom of three girls.
Only Tyler wasn’t a girl. Neither were his twin brothers.
She still loved being a mom and loves her boys very much, but she learned to believe that big dreams don’t come true. Especially since Ben’s big dream didn’t come true, either. (I’ll introduce you to him and his big dream in a few weeks.)
So when Tyler tells her about his big dream to be a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, she wants to protect him from being disappointed if he can’t make his dream come true. That’s why she tries to steer him away from dreaming about being a baseball pitcher and get him interested in more practical things.
She’s afraid Tyler’s big dreams will die the way hers did. The problem she sees is that his dreams are bigger than hers ever were. If they don’t come true for him, she believes he’ll be more devastated than she ever was.
The bigger Tyler dreams, the more worried she becomes.
Will he be able to show her that big dreams can come true? (You’ll have to read The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets plus future books in the series to find out!)
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In next week’s “Behind the Scenes” webisode, we’ll meet Alex’s mom. She was a bit of a wild child, and you’ll never guess how she met Alex’s dad. So stay tuned!
To Your Dreams,
Bonnie Jean
P.S. In case you haven’t yet been in front of the scenes of The Dream Doers series, it starts with The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets. In this young adult novel, best friends Alex and Tyler are forced to battle bullies, face their fears and keep strange secrets the summer they learn to do what they dream. You can hear the whole “Front of the Scenes” story for FREE. Just visit TheDreamDoers.com and fill out a super short form. Enjoy the story!
