Wishes!

I had a neighbor who had a hollowed out section of a tree in their backyard. It became the host to a fairy's home. Mom and the kids made miniature furniture and clothes and household items to furnish this cozy abode. They would go out often to check on this sweet home and add adornments and sometimes find that things had been rearranged to the occupants likings. To have small children anticipate and wonder at the mysterious....to believe that there are 'powers" out there that are beyond explanation....is delightful.

Not too long ago I read an essay on the benefits of enchantment. Ms. Kenison writes about the hurry we seem to be in to steer our kids towards accomplishment and independence, forgetting what it is to be a child. Children are full of tenderness and innocence, and joy! Shouldnt we try to have this wonder last for as long as possible? Dont we all sometimes long to revisit that 'child-like' wonder we used to feel, and to experience that bewitching magic and enchantment once in a while? What is the harm in culitivating this feeling of wonder, in all of our lives?
Alex Haily said- "Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of children."

Grandparents and brownies, fairies, and pixies and sprites, all share a unique job description !! (I want the blue wings!) I cant wait to bring light and stardust and delight and the wonder of possibilities to my kiddies. Its now in my JOB description! Im going to love this job! Even more than I love my present job of hiking with our spa guests. I 'wish' my home to be a refuge from the scary world. I have big plans and simple plans!!!What a blessing it is to be a grandma. What a perfect plan that God has put in place for us all. We toil, we sweat, we cry and ache our way through parenting. Plus we try to enjoy all the moments in between. Then - vola- we become grandparents! Our reward!! Now we PLAY!! We become the soft place. And I fully intend to enlist all the brownies and fairies and pixies and sprites that I can find!!!

I keep three wishes ready,
Least I should chance to meet,
Any day a fairy
Coming down the street.
I'd hate to have to stammer,
Or have to think them out,
For it's very hard to think things up
When a fairy is about.
And I'd hate to lose my wishes,
For fairies fly away,
And perhaps I'd never have a chance
On any other day.
So I keep three wishes ready,
Lest I should chance to meet,
Any day a fairy
Coming down the street.

Annette Wynne
















By the way,I have a few wishes:

I wish the war would end and our warriors could come home.
I wish politicians would tell the truth.
I wish we were a kinder, gentler humanity.
I wish I could sing and dance- likethis
I wish there was no greed.
I wish I could winter in Mexico.
I wish I had a brownie that was willing to do windows.
To name only a few.