Dreams.........have they gone?

When do you realize that your dreams have died. Do you continuously keep moving along, diverting troubles and then one day you wake up and realize you don't even know what your dreams were? All the "next times" seem like they are not coming back........Its a feeling I don't ever want my daughter to feel. People say I pamper her, well they don't know what I have been through. I feel as if I am a very positive person for the life I have lived. I have no control how others treat her, but I will always be the best mom, best mentor and best friend she can have. I want her to aim for the moon and get the universe!

My family doctor said that its a ME world. How do you get along in it, when you love to help. I don't see anyone wanting to do that anymore. Did they ever? Was I always the one who put the hand out, and didn't look for theirs? Is this what they call a mid-life crisis? I am happy with life, just wondering if the struggles get any easier?