Wishes fulfilled Second Wind Dreams creates special moments for seniors By Cameron Whitlock * Photos courtesy of Second Wind Dreams A Second Wind Dreams fulfi lls a range of seniors' wishes, including a ride on a carousel (top), a horseback ride (above left), the opportunity to earn a degree for a woman who had dropped out of college (above center) and a ride-along with a police offi cer for a retired New York police offi cer (above right). (The organization does not release names or specifi c information about dream recipients for privacy reasons.) 24 Georgia Magazine December 2022 former U.S. Air Force pilot dreamed of once again taking flight. A lifelong fan dreamed of watching Elvis Presley perform. A woman in a wheelchair yearned to parasail over the Atlantic Ocean. A University of Georgia superfan fantasized about seeing the Dawgs play live. And an animal lover from North Georgia simply wanted to feel the warmth of a cat on her lap once more. These dreams and 10,000-plus more have become realities for senior citizens thanks to the Roswell-based nonprofit organization Second Wind Dreams. Founder and CEO Emeritus P.K. Beville established Second Wind Dreams in 1997. Beville, a geriatric specialist with a master's degree in clinical psychology, began working with elders in 1983. Her early inspiration for the blueprint of her organization came during a routine test in which she asked some of her patients to finish incomplete sentences. One of those sentence prompts was " I wish ... "