jackie wrote on 02/05/10 6:19 PM

hey lala when i heard you talk about this book and as of right now i want to go out and buy it but i want to see if i can win it 1st..but my dream since i was a little girl was to be a family person and have kids i didnt know how many at the time and just have a wonderful man in my life and get married and live that life..i didnt have that when i was a child for a lil while yes then my parents divorced so my dream was to follow my heart and when i have kids to show them different and just raise them in a whole different life style..and its so crazy thats just how my dream came true i am a mother of two ive been with my love for about 5 years now and we will be getting married in about 3 months and im just raising my boys to the best i can and just showing them a different lifestyle than i lived and it would be great for me to read this book for the 1st time..you are a real and down to earth person so i believe that this book is good

Michelle wrote on 02/05/10 6:40 PM

My dream has always been to become a nurse. Throughout all my school years I have had my ups and downs and people telling i cant make it to become a nurse because its not my thing but i know that i can do it because i love helping others and because a few years ago my dad was in the hospital and i would always find ways to helping him.also because thats what i have always wanted since i was little girl. Now im going to college and so far im passing all my classes to become something in life.I really want the book because it seems interesting and everyone has a dream but they don't know how to stay focused. well before i go let me just tell you i love your music and i listen to it everyday.

CHINO ,OX,805 wrote on 02/05/10 8:17 PM

NOW IF I TELL U MY DREAMS OR WISHES THEY WON'T COME TRUE DO U AGREE ??? THE WAY SEE LIFE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IF U BELIEVE IN YOURSELF PUT YOUR MIND IN 2 IT AND STAY FOCUSES ,U LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND YOUR MISTAKES

XxcristabelxX wrote on 02/06/10 11:04 AM

Hey Lala that book sounds very interesting well my dream is to be a street artist.I want to be a street artist because that way I can express my feelings and everything I have seen all throughout my life.My parents some times do not approve of what I want to be but i alwayz think of not giving up instead I think of myself drawing my heart out.I am practicing really hard on drawing you should just see my notebook it's all covered of drawings and people are, "all like wow that girl has a passion."I don't need anybody to believe in me as long as I believe myself and I will alwayz follow my CORAZON!!!!!MUCHO LOVE AND RESPECT-LOVE U LALA????

MZ.KARMAH wrote on 02/06/10 6:51 PM

Hay LaLa. Girl I got many dreams and goals I am trying to accomplish in life. Growing up where I did its hard specially being a minority a chicana. I used to say I just wanted to graduate high school and that's all. My parents opened my eyes and told me I had to follow my dreams go to school and become someone in life. I know I want to do something where I help others I want to be able to have a positive impact in someone's life. My dream is to become a probation/parol officer. I also want to be able to help the brown kids in my community I dream to open a center or something like that so they fan stay out of trouble. It breaks my heart when when i see them growing up and getting involved in drugs and gangs. I am currently enrolled in a community college hoping to be able to transfer to a cal.state its hard because I don't get financial aid so I pay for everything. I want to get my.degree to be also be able to help my parents they both have worked hard for us yo have a better life and I think its their time to rest I want to be able to provide for them.Thanx for.letting us.share our dreams with you LaLa, I look forward to reading the book. I'm sure it will help me out like your songs do...

Sonya wrote on 02/06/10 8:46 PM

As far back as I can remember I always said I wanted to be a Chicano history major and educate the people around me. Well somewhere along the lines of me growing up I got lost on my path that I had set for myself, I got pregnant at the age of 17 and became a mother. Once my daughter came I let all my dreams go. Well I got tired of doing nothing with my life so last August I decided to do something with myself. Im putting my plan of action and setting goals, I started college and now im in my second semester majoring in correctional science. My dream is to be a juvenile corrections councelor in the probation camps. I want to show the younsters there is another way, that you can grow up in the neighborhood and still be down but you dont have to live the lifestyle thats going to get you no where but either dead or in prison, thats my plan but I can only take it one step at a time. After im done with my schooling which im scheduled to finish in the spring of 2012, I want to take a few Chicano study courses. Of course through all this I want to see my daughter continue to strive in school and sports, and follow all her dreams. The sky s the limit "to ifinity and beyond"-Buzz Lightyear =0). Ok LaLa i dont know if this is what you wanted but here are my dreams.

LaChorombola wrote on 02/07/10 10:27 AM

Hey girl!! Just stopping by to show some love and tell you a little about me and my dreams. Well, I'm just startingto take on the world and I'm trying to just take it one step at a time but What I really want to do is just take that leap. Ever since I was a little girl my family has been short on money. I would trynot to ask for anything because as hard as mymomwas working it was still hard to make ends meet. I felt bad when i would ask cause she wuld try to get us what we wanted. In an attempt to help my mom, I started making crafts here and there to sell. I remember I started off by just making bookmarks out of foam sheets. From there I have learned a variety of crafts and what not. I started making my own clothes and people would Ask me about them, at which point they starting asking me to make things for them. Everything i've learned I've put into practice in my 'works of art'. I go from show to show and im trying to save as much as I can sothat (hopefully) some time in the near future I will be ableto get for my mom everything she wants as thanks for everything she did for me and my sister as kids. I hope you enjoyed reading this LaLa and keep up the awesoMe work! Keep it real girl!!! -La Colombiana

sylvia flores wrote on 02/11/10 4:21 PM

My dream of all time since a tragedy in my life happened was to be a nurse.Now I'm not just going to say oh yes its my dream because i have a reason on why i made it my dream.When i was about 8 years old just a little nina i got in a car accident and was in a comma for 8 months now i wouldn't of survived if it wasn't for the doctors and nurses who saved my life.When i knew that they are the ones who rescued me I wanted to be just like them to be able to help out people in need and in danger because things can happen all the time.I'm following my dream by actually graduating high school with my class because high school is never easy to much drama and all the work but i do my best work hard and don't let anything bring me down.So far i will be graduating and i just got a scholarship to a college that will help me become a nurse.All i can do is try my hardest and not to let anyone tell that i cant do something because my dream to become a nurse will happen.So that's my dream and i hope i get the copy of this book. mucho amor -Sylvia

Bridgette wrote on 02/19/10 1:37 PM

I'm def getting my reading in before school starts in August, because when that time comes I wont have as much time or energy. But don't worry, I'm currently on a bookaholic binge, hehe! Never read The Alchemist, but I certainly am a spiritual person and I love learning about the philosophies of others that I can draw guidance from. My choice for you LaLa: The Way by Michael Berg. I read it for the first time close to ten years ago, and it remains one of my ultimate favorite spiritual reads! It's based on the teachings of ancient mystic Judeaism (spelling?? The author's a Rabbi). I'd def love a copy of your favorite book Sweetie, am I too late to win a copy? :)

Bridgette wrote on 02/19/10 1:56 PM

Oh I'm so sorry, I forgot to post my dream! Duh Bridgette, ahhh! hehe. Well, I am planning on returning to grad school this Fall (already have my B.A. in Psychology that I earned in '06) to become a teacher! It's a Credential program that is three semesters long, and the whole application process is very nerve-wracking and time consuming, but I'm really hopeing everything goes smoothly and that I get accepted because I'm putting all my eggs in one basket. I'm currently living with my mother, who I really do not see eye to eye with on a lot of stuff (as you know Chica, I think I've told you how me and the Madre do not get along), so getting a career is my way to freedom! A steady creative job that will help me to make enouh money to get a house of my own and not have to rely on any family for support! I need this dream of mine to come true. I adore everything about teaching. Decorating my very own classroom, all the gorgeous school supplies, field trips, book reports, projects, summer vacations. It's my dream<33

resume help wrote on 02/25/10 7:01 PM

nice post about the club

Yesi wrote on 03/01/10 7:48 AM

Hi Lala. My dream for now is just to survive life. Let me tell you why I say this and why I follow my heart every day just to accomplish this dream of mine. I have big problems right now. The biggest one is that I do not have my two children with me because I am currently homeless and can't afford to rent a place to be able to keep them with me. I live in my car or with whom ever offers their home to me for the night which is usually an ex boyfriend of mine (we are just friends now and he offers me his home with out expecting anything in return). My children are staying with their grandmother and their father, but they ask me all the time when will they be able to live with me again. It hurts me not to be able to give them the answer that they and I crave. I miss them so much :0( I became homeless for so many reasons, but mainly because of my ex husband (my childrens father). I had been with him since the age of 17 when I got pregnant with my son and he was a very controlling man. He was also abusive verbally and physically. He had me thinking that if I left he would hurt my family and because of his past and things I had seen him do I believed him. I stopped caring for him after the first year of being with him because that is when he started showing his true colors. I was with him for close to 10 yrs. He forced him self on me and out of one of those times I got pregnant with my daughter.I never really had my own money through the 10 yrs I was with him. He controlled all of that. One day he hit me in front of my children and almost hit my son for trying to defend me so I went to the police station. He got arrested and was given 2 yrs probation and he had to attend anger management classes (which by the way did not help him one bit and I feel he did not get enough of a punishment for having abused me as long as he did). When he got arrested I took advantage of that and me and my children left, but I had no money. Ever since then I have been living pay check to pay check. It got hard being that their father did not help me with child support. I had to move in with my parents and pay rent, pay bills and the every day things. With my income I was unable to continue paying my parents rent so they pretty much kicked me and my kids out of their home. I could not let my kids stay in a car so I spoke to their grandmother and asked her to keep them with her till I was able to get my self on my feet again and she agreed. She has them after school and their father picks them up from her when he gets off work. Now he helps out with them, but only because they are with his mother and they are not with me. I have not been able to save up money at all because i still have bills and I still give my children what they need and I give their grandmother money for them as well. I have to live with the fact that I can't be with them now because of the choices that I have made. I also recently found out that my health is not good and that the health issues that I have could lead to long term health problems. This means more bills and expenses and less of a chance that I will be getting my children back soon. This also affects me in the work place because I have to go to the doctors all of the time. I have been to the doctors so many times that I no longer have vacation or sick time that I can use so that I can get paid for the days I miss work. This means my pay checks will be smaller. So now you see why I say my dream is just to survive life, but every day I follow what my heart tells me and it tells me to move forward. It tells me that I will get through this and that one day I will be happy again with my children right beside me. I would love to win the book because number one I love to read, but haven't done so in a while due to not having enough money to buy a book any more and because it sounds like it is a book that will keep me inspired to keep on striving to get to where I need to get to in my life. Well, I hope I did not bore you or your readers with my long story and since I am already here I would like to say that your music is great. I love it because I can relate to some of your songs and you keep it real. Thank you for having a dream and following your heart because if you hadn't we would not have the privilege to listen to your music.