Aleyska Feliciano

Once, there was a little girl who dreamed of becoming a doctor. She dreamed so much about it that she nearly drove her parents crazy.

One day, they told her about an old tree just outside the village that was said to make wishes come true. They told her, “When the sun begins to set, go to that tree, say your dream out loud, and then leave. Dreams come true there,” her dad said. She nodded, believing every word.

That very evening, as the most turquoise sunset of the year painted the sky, she quietly left her home with hope in her heart. She walked all the way to the tree. Standing beneath its branches, she whispered her dream over and over again.

And that little girl… was me.

Years later, as a doctor, I found myself saying to a young patient, “Dreams really do come true. You just have to believe they will.”