{"id":13874,"date":"2022-07-16T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T10:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/?p=13874"},"modified":"2022-07-16T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T10:34:30","slug":"dreams-and-rory-gilmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/16\/dreams-and-rory-gilmore\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams and Rory Gilmore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the show <em>Gilmore Girls<\/em>, when Rory said, &#8220;I just want to be sure that I see\u2026something&#8221; when Headmaster Charleston asked her why she wanted to be a journalist, <em>I really felt that<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>She was a sheltered small-town girl. I&#8217;m a sheltered big town girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And perhaps our similarities end there since I certainly don&#8217;t have a caffeine junkie mom, two boys who like me, or acceptance letters from Ivy Leagues, but I understood and felt that single sentence she said, perhaps more than any other fast-talking monologues she and her mother blessed us with in that show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Rory, I have endlessly read books about characters from around the world, across ages, continents, and world-views. But it&#8217;s not even just the books I have read or the shows I have watched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a thirst. A desire. For sips of the ocean that is this world. For experiences big and small, weird and happy, that I will add to my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I long to open new doors. I long to gauge the intensity of the different hands I shake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I\u2019m standing in front of something, I long to think <em>I dreamt of this<\/em> over and over. And I long to leave pieces of my own. Give back to this world that I crave so much of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Connect with me on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the show Gilmore Girls, when Rory said, &#8220;I just want to be sure that I see\u2026something&#8221; when Headmaster Charleston asked her why she wanted to be a journalist, I really felt that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/16\/dreams-and-rory-gilmore\/#more-13874\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dreams and Rory Gilmore<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-my-writings","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/javier-allegue-barros-55bVEzGVnzY-unsplash-scaled.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11786,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/14\/may-2018-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":13874,"position":0},"title":"May 2018 Wrap-Up","date":"June 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey everyone! 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