Wishin' and Hopin'...

Do you ever get lost in your thoughts and then start to say to yourself, "I wish...." I must do that a lot because this is a list I came up with. The list includes items of varying degrees of seriousness and the less important ones should in no way detract from the more important ones.

I Wish....


- I ate more fruits and veggies and less junk food.

This intrigued me because I thought I would have wished that I could eat as much junk food as I wanted without any physical consequences, but I honestly do wish that eating healthy came naturally to me. I wasn't raised that way at all. I am pleased that my eating habits have changed a lot, but not as much as I'd like them to.



- I had all my scrapbook albums completed.

You have NO idea how many pictures I have. And scrapbooks are, to me, important and meaningful. Scrapbooking is an outlet for my creative impulses.

- I could, at this moment, be with my friend JD.

For so many reasons, but most of all just because I love her and I really miss her. I haven't seen J in over two years and she's had a baby girl in the meantime!

- I wouldn't let fear control me.

Why do other people believe in you and you find it hard to believe in yourself?

- I had the time and money to take all the classes I'd like to take.

My list of things I'd like to learn is quite long. Okay, very long.

- I memorized Scripture more often.

Especially because people say it gets harder as you get older. One of the best things my mom did in homeschooling was to assign Scripture memory.

- I could visit my relatives more often.

I didn't grow up around my relatives-- half are in Texas and the other half are in California and various other parts of the West Coast. Sometimes I wish it was quick and cheap to just bop over and see them.


Of course this is NOT an exhaustive list... just a sampling.

- Julie -