I’m starting out with my eldest, Deanna. Most people realize
that they can’t give their children everything. Even if you had the money, you
couldn’t do it because as we all know, the best things…the most important…can’t
be bought. Since I don’t have the money anyway, I’ve made a wish list of things
that can’t be bought that I want my children to have. Here is my list for
Deanna.
A yarn fairy. Deanna is a yarn-a-holic…if she has an extra
dollar, she’s going to spend it on yarn. I’m glad she does because she makes
beautiful things with her oh-so-clever fingers, as those who have benefited
from her talent can attest. She has knitting needles, crochet hooks and looms.
All she needs to create those lovely items is yarn. So the yarn fairy that I
wish for her would bring her a multitude of skeins in all the colors of the
rainbow and more. Yes, she definitely needs one of these.
An endless supply of hot water. If you are well acquainted
with Deanna, you also know that she loves to take long, luxurious showers. And
if you are the one in the shower after her, you’re definitely taking a cold
one. I have always called her my water baby because from the beginning, she has
been obsessed with it. Why it takes so long to get that little body clean is
beyond my understanding but the endless supply that I wish for her would ensure
that she never has to limit her time.
An alarm clock that never rings. And has no need to. So that
Deanna can revel in one of her other great loves…sleeping late. Of course,
along with this she would need her child to cooperate but that’s a different
story. I remember the girl who never slept past 6:00 a.m. when she was a child.
I could put her to bed at three in the morning and she would still wake up
early. Ready to go. Before I had my coffee. Now she can sloth with the best of
‘em. So the alarm clock would never ring
and Deanna could sleep to her heart’s content…until she had to pee anyway.
99% off of everything in Hobby Lobby. Cause Deanna loves
Hobby Lobby and everything in it. They sell whatever a crafty person could ever
need, including knitting needles of all sizes, crochet hooks large and small,
looms of every shape and size…and yarn. But of course, she won’t need the yarn
because she has a fairy to provide that.
A cleaning genie. Because Deanna hates to clean. This genie
would wash dishes, scrub bathrooms, vacuum and…most importantly…follow along
behind Elijah to pick up what he’s laying down, which is basically everything
he owns. Genie would also go through the clutter that Deanna collects (she is a
Packrat with a capital P) and disposed of anything that causes my body to
twitch. That is pretty much everything she has laying on the floor of her
bedroom. I can’t go in there; it makes me break out in a rash and have
nightmares. Her room would be tidy and neat; something that it hasn’t been
since she graduated from a crib to a big girl bed.
And that is what I wish for Deanna. Keep popping in to see
what I think Deb and Elijah should have.
