You\u2019d be stupid to expect wishes\u2013on stars, or pennies in fountains; on birthday candles or dandelions\u2013to come true. But on the other hand you\u2019d be stupid to pass up a bargain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has anyway been my principle, whenever fate finds me blowing a dandelion. I have a standard wish that I make, when presented with a typical wishing situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I know that I\u2019m probably violating the warranty here by disclosing the exact nature of my terms, but I never actually wish for more than what I have. I only ask the cosmos for some kind of insurance, for a safety net, for the assurance that the worst case scenario won\u2019t hit me<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I always wish \u201cfor nothing too<\/strong> bad to happen to any of my kids.\u201d And I don\u2019t define too bad.<\/strong> I suppose with our special needs kid that we\u2019ve already passed some people\u2019s idea of \u201ctoo bad,\u201d but to us he\u2019s a blessing, so. I will let the universe surprise me and teach me things. I\u2019m not asking to always be in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just hope, for my kids and if I\u2019m being honest for myself, that at the moment of death we\u2019ll count it all worth it. We won\u2019t think the cost was too high, for what we got in exchange. Right now I feel like I\u2019d pay any price for what I already have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (We\u2019re just back from a family trip to Disneyland, so I\u2019m thinking about the nature of wishes. And costs!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019d be stupid to expect wishes\u2013on stars, or pennies in fountains; on birthday candles or dandelions\u2013to come true. But on the other hand you\u2019d be stupid to pass up a bargain? This has anyway been my principle, whenever fate finds me blowing a dandelion. I have a standard wish that I make, when presented with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3838,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835\/revisions\/3838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}