Do you wish our world would get back to some normalcy? Do you wish there was no coronavirus? No illness, no closure of sports, theaters, parks? No loss of income, no unemployment, no… death? As adults, our wishes can be very heavy.
A while back when school was open and the world was “normal” I asked the
children “If you could have one wish, what would it be?” Here’s what some of them said:
“For my brother to win the baseball game.”
“To be in the North Pole and get to see Santa.”
“To know how to ride a skateboard.”
“That a robot did everything for us ‘cuz then everyone would just get to relax.”
“For my dad to have a nerf war with me for 100 days.”
“That I could play the guitar.”
“That I could fly.”
And the sweetest, my most favorite answer of all…
“That my good dreams came to life.”
Thank you to my lovely four year old children for bringing sunshine to our troubled world with these simple innocent wishes!
The author, Theresa Young, is director of Lenape Kiddie Kollege in Medford, NJ. (www.lenapekiddiekollege.com) She has enjoyed teaching the 4 year old class for 25 years. She is also known as Mom to 4 daughters and Grammy to 4 grandkids.