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Monday
Dec222008

One Wish

It's been unseasonably warm here in the South. In fact we spotted a dandelion in bloom and another in need of a little holiday wishing this past weekend. From the looks of my girl's letters (yes, that's plural) to Santa this year, I've got a good idea of what's on her mind at this moment. But what about you? What if you could make just one wish this holiday season? Would it be something small and simple? Or would you look to the stars and whisper a wish so big that you're almost too fearful to help make it come true?

What would you wish?

Sharing your wish in the comments makes you eligible to win two gifts today because every sister needs a little extra love on Monday. The snap happy folks at Snaptotes are giving away one picture-perfect handbag with your image of choice. And Shutter Sister Stephanie Roberts is giving away a hardcover book of her photographic images titled Come Closer – a look at hidden beauty found in close range.

Congrats to Lauren who won the image from the Etsy shop of Sweet Blue Photography.

Reader Comments (146)

I wish and pray for a cure for the brain lesions which affect my two sons.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLiz
I wish for my husband to come home from Iraq.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJune
what lovely give away gifts! one wish... hmm can i wish for more wishes? i guess i would wish to be with my family.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commentervanessa
I would wish to be able to do photography full time. That's my dream!

Oh, and for my niece to get out of the NICU, so I can hold her and spoil her like crazy.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNicole
I wish for a baby - an uneventful pregnancy and a sweet, healthy newborn in nine months. I so miss the little boy we lost mid-pregnancy this year and long to hold a baby of my own.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMargaret
I wish to win the Busby SEO Test global competition.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBusby SEO Test Gary Viray
I wish for the health of my family!!!
Beautiful shot!! I am here in the south and LOVED the warm weather..... it is turning tonight!!!
Burrrrr!!!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterabbey
I wish I could grant all these awesome wishes - the ones already posted and the ones yet to come... and I wish for contentment and grace...
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commentertixie
I wish for my husband to come safely home from Northern BC and for the world to be more tolerant of difference.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSuvarna
right now i wish that my mom & the baby she is carrying in her womb will be healthy. she had two miscarriages that were terribly dangerous to her health and i'm scared it will be the same this time.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterlizzy
Well I got the snow that I wished for, so I suppose now I'm just wishing that I can keep my life in perspective and remember that the beauty is always there, but much more visible when I take a step back and just breathe it in.

We're only a few wishes in, and already they're making me cry. I hope they all come true.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterShawna
One of my wishes will likely be granted - a white Christmas here on the west coast (we don't get them often). My other wish is that the upcoming year won't be as difficult as this past one - a fresh new year with fresh new beginnings.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenteranna
I'd wish for some cozy family time. A quiet house with everything picked up so we can be creative, watch shows and drink hot chocolate.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEmily
my wish this year is for a healthy baby boy in April :)
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterFrancine
My wish is for everyone else's wishes here to come true!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChris
A wish for new beginnings.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
I wish that all would know my Jesus. And i really want to be married. It has been a hope deferred for a long time.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJulie
i wish....i could think of just the right wish.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHay
my son has asked Santa to bring snow... but with the temperatures getting strangely mild around here, I don't think that's going to happen. still, that doesn't stop me from wishing right along with him :)
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterVanessa
i wish a wonderful life with my family....
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkosenrufu mama
I wish for perfect health.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterClare
I wish for our long-held dreams for a child to come true-- either by birth or adoption-- very soon.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHSY
Today's dandelion,
a thousand wishes
on a stem,
a new song for today.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjfrancis
I wish for a happy & healthy 2009
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKatie Malone-Smith
I wish to be able to lose 95 lbs in 2009. And to regain my health and balance my hormones. (Although I guess they're all kind of one thing.)
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHeidi D
After reading the wishes above, mine seem so silly.
So, I echo Chris and Shawna and wish for your wishes to come true.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJennifer
This year I wish for my family to find peace with their personal issues, thrive with the changes they have been given, and be thankful for what we have.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStephanie
I wish my sister would miraculously recover from ALS.

http://lifesignatures.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/what-im-thankful-for-2008/
http://lifesignatures.wordpress.com/about/the-sister/

Thank you for the double chance to win!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPuna
i wish happiness and peace this christmas season! god bless you all!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCristi
i wish for balance
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDre
My family has been so blessed, but I would wish for financial peace for my brother-in-law and his family and for a full cure for 3 friends with cancer.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTracie
I wish for a peaceful and healthy Holiday and New Year for all of my loved ones and those in need.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMegan R
I wish for a great two weeks for my husband to spend time with us over the holidays.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMarcene
Peace and happiness within my family...and the wisdom to always make the right decisions.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKathleen O.
I wish for a new beginning this new year...keeping my new perspective and new love for life and drinking in all the moments that I'm so blessed to have with my family.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSandra
So much to wish for. More than I can even express! But my wishes are similar to many of yours.
http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/
ps - please don't enter me in the giveaway since I've already won!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenter~ kristina ~
My wish is for a healthy 2009. Merry Christmas!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMelodyA.
I wish for quiet moments before a fire and peace with those around me.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSteph W
I wish for financial freedom and to be able to travel around the world with my family.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarla R.
I wish that my husband's new business will start bringing in an income so that it will survive and thrive.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLolli
I wish that my little boy would stay cancer free (he is at 3 years remission) and that my husband never ever has to go back to a war-zone.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStephanie
fresh tastes of love...
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdeezee
I wish for a job...
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAllison
I wish for my sons cataract surgery to go well today.
I wish for this bitterly cold weather to go away. (-25 wind chill) brrrrrr!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjami
safe travels for my family
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkath
I wish I had the power to make all these wishes to occur. Balance-that's a great one-yeah I wish I could balance this crazy life-I am already so blessed I shouldn't wish for more.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTracy
I wish I could rewind the clock about 3 months and do it differently this time!
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJill
I wish I could give my wish to someone who needed it more than me.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJulie Marie
I wish that my sister's baby and my husband's daughter's baby are born safe and healthy.
I would also wish that we all treat each other and our surroundings with care.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJulie Alvarez
I wish to be debt free, so that I can give more of myself to others in need and not have to worry about payments and debt.
December 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterErin

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