{"id":636,"date":"2009-08-09T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T19:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=636"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:37","slug":"turning-dreams-into-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/09\/turning-dreams-into-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Dreams Into Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/09\/turning-dreams-into-reality\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2F09%2Fturning-dreams-into-reality%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px; float:left\" title=\"Diane Dupuy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/dupuy_diane_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"140\" \/>10 years ago, I met and interviewed a woman for the first of several times&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Her name is <strong>Diane Dupuy<\/strong>, and she&#8217;s an amazing example of forging through life, no matter what roadblocks stand in the way, and turning seemingly impossible dreams into reality.<\/p>\n<p>Not just her own dreams&#8230; but those of people who would normally never be given a chance.<\/p>\n<p>So what do they do? 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