Chase Your Dreams

Why you shouldn't give up on a dream, even when it goes differently...

This guest post is from Brook Smith. She’s a storm chaser and a up and coming star photographer. Check out her work on Instagram, Facebook, and check out her Linktree, which includes links to purchase her work!

I’ve loved weather for as long as I can remember — I was maybe three or four the first time I remember being in a tornado watch. I didn’t even know what a tornado was yet. I looked out our back window and saw headlights in the distance and asked my mom if that was the tornado. She told me no, and told me what we actually were looking for. I wonder if she knew then that I’d grow up to chase them.

Photo: Brook Smith with a powerful cell in the background.

In third grade, I had decided I wanted to be a meteorologist. I was the weather girl. Always looking up. I spent my free time reading weather books, watching the Weather Channel, and taking pictures of clouds on any camera I could get my hands on. When we were driving, my family would quiz me on cloud types, amazed at the variety I…