There was a girl named Riley who had the ability to be able to choose her dreams 

every time she slept. By the age of 7 she had already been to Disney Land, Hawaii, 

Mount Everest, the moon, and Pluto (in her dreams of course). It was so much fun 

to be able to go anywhere she wanted. Sometimes Riley would take a nap just to be 

able to take a new adventure. The best part about it, was that she could bring 

anyone with her as long as they were also asleep at the same time.

One night her little sister, Gracie, had a 

horrible nightmare and wandered up to Riley's 

room in hopes that Riley would help ease the 

fears running through her poor little mind. 

Riley let her sister sleep in her bed to keep 

her calm. By this point, all of Riley's 

family knew of her special gift. "Where 

would you like to go, Gracie?" Riley asked 

her baby sister. "Can we go to the beach Rye-

Rye?" asked Gracie. "Of course we can. Just 

close your eyes, and I will take you there. 

Goodnight, Gracie." Whispered Riley. 

"Goodnight Rye-Rye, I love you." mumbled 

Gracie half asleep already. "I love you too." 

Riley whispered as she kissed Gracie's 

forehead.

That night, Riley took Gracie 

to South Carolina to watch the 

sun come up on the beach. 

They had so much fun playing 

in the waves, and watching all 

the seagulls fly over their 

heads. Since Riley creates 

everything involved with these 

dreams, of course Gracie and 

her could swim and there were 

no sharks what so ever in the 

ocean. The sisters swam so 

far out that they even got to 

swim with the dolphins. Gracie 

swears she found Nemo. It 

was one of Riley's favorite 

dreams.

Unfortunately, the alarm clock went off bright and early, interrupting the 

fun adventure. Breakfast was Rileys families favorite part of the day 

because they got to hear about the adventures she would go on. Riley 

always took turns with her family, bringing them with on her nightly 

adventures. This particular day, Gracie asked to say grace. Everyone 

bowed their heads, and she began: "Dear heavenly father, thank you for 

my sister, she is the best sister I ever did have. Amen." she finished. 

"Amen." the family said, ever so heartfelt. 

Riley wanted so badly to 

do something life 

changing with her gift. 

As she got older she just 

knew she was put on 

this earth for a reason, 

kind of like Simon Birch, 

but she just didn't know 

what it was. What she 

didn't realize is that she 

had already touched the 

lives of her friends and 

family just by taking 

them with her on her 

journeys throughout the 

world. Sure it was just a 

dream, but it was also a 

memory that no one 

would ever forget, ever. 

Riley still felt there was 

something more.

One day Riley got a call from a local newspaper after hearing about her 

special gift. Word travels fast in small towns. They asked if she would 

mind doing a charity event at the town's hospital for all of the small 

children stuck inside those walls. Riley, without hesitation, said yes. How 

could she say no?! Riley sat and thought about which dreams to share with 

these kids and which adventures she had the most fun on. She had some 

favorites but there had been so many dreams to date, that it was harder 

than she thought! She wished she would have time to tell them all!