Kira Lynn at 12

When Kira Lynn was 12 I was talking to a friend of mine and I found out that she was a Sr. Model with a top agency in our area. I started to tell her about and how Kira wanted to be a model and actress but, I had no idea about how to help her to do that. My friend suggested that she take Kira Lynn with her to the agency for a visit. Not as a prospective client but to just as a friend's daughter running errands with her. So, we arranged it one day and I brought Kira to work with me and my friend took her to the agency, braces and all. When they came back they were both so excited. The agent asked Kira if she had ever thought about modeling. Kira said yes and they told her when you get your braces off have your mom call us. Now, I did not know until much much later that only 1 out of 100 people that approach an agency get a contract. We may have felt defeated before we ever got started but we did not know this and thankfully no one told us beforehand. Kira could hardly wait to get her braces off and the day she did we called the agency. I was surprised when I called they knew exactly who she was and we made the appointment. Kira had her braces off but there was still work to be done and I wanted to make sure before we made the investment into having her teeth bonded and such that they were serious about her. I took her in and we met with the agency and I told him I needed to know what to do. The teeth issue was something that would take time and money. The agent looked at me with a huge smile and said, "yes, have it done." Several thousand dollars later Kira and I showed up to sign the contract at her ripe old age of 13.

The strange thing is that Kira did not want anyone to know what she was doing. We had to keep it very hush hush. I am the proud mom who just signed her daughter with a top agency and I couldn't tell anyone, what fun was that! I did mention it to a few people and some family and then I realized why Kira did not want to tell people, they did not believe it or believe in her or that she would successful. For Kira, I think it made her more determined. I became disappointed and began not to tell many people about it either. My true friends knew and believed me and some of my family but right away everyone started telling us why she would never make it and on and on and on. We let it drop and Kira and I just did our thing.

The funny thing about children they do not understand the idea of defeat as long as we don't tell them. They are willing to try. As we get older we hold ourselves back. We don't allow ourselves to dream anymore. We get excited about our dreams and our ideas but people around us start explaining how it won't happen and sometimes the people that are closes to us are the worst, suddenly our dreams fade away and eventually we can't even remember what they were. Everyone has an opinion about everything. It took me a long time to realize that their opinions do not matter, the only thing that matters is my opinion and what I believe in.

I say, let our children dream and they just might surprise us! We should never stop dreaming!