Make A Wish

 Make a wish.  

 

We wish on a star, we make a wish when we blow out the birthday candles, we make a wish as blow on a dandelion but I never thought I would be helping my son make a wish because of a medical diagnosis.  

 

We have been overwhelmed and so blessed by the out pouring of support we have received from our family, friends, and our local community since sharing about Peter’s diagnosis.  The tree house is built and has already brought hours of fun and laughter to Peter and his friends.  He loves showing his friends all the different elements of it and having lots of fun on it.  And we love the smile it brings to his face and the joy it brings to his heart.  

 

We have also been granted a wish through the Make A Wish foundation.  His doctors encouraged us to go ahead with the trip now while Peter is doing pretty well and can better enjo
y the trip.  Make a Wish actually has a Workbook that you do with your child to help them choose a wish.  The wishes are from one of four categories; something you do, something you have, something you want to be; something you want to give.  As we talked about we decided to let him choose something from each category and we would see if we could make all of the wishes come true over the next year or so.  

 

He wanted to have a treehouse and thanks to hard work of Joe, my dad, and several other amazing volunteers and your support he has a tree house.   He wanted to be an author and over the last little bit we have been working on a book called “The Adventures of Peter and Marshmallow.”  Marshmallow is what he named his white cane.  He wanted to go to Disney World and through the Make a Wish Foundation we are going to do just that.  

 

In January, we will spend a week in Orlando, FL at the Give Kids the World Village.  We will be able to go to the Disney Parks and Universal as well as enjoy all of the fun activities at the Give Kids the World Village.   We are looking forward to making some fun memories together and enjoying a care free week.  

   

I never dreamed that my family would be a Make a wish family, but we are that grateful we have been given this opportunity.  We are also grateful for organizations like Make A Wish that give opportunities for family with life threatening and terminal illnesses to make memories together as a family.  With all the heaviness that comes along with an illness it is nice to focus on happy things and memories.  

 

We did a treasure hunt with clues for Peter to find the Braille letters to spell Mickey to tell him about his trip.  Obviously, he is very excited and so are we.  Thanks for praying with us that we will have a wonderful trip and
make lots of fun memories together.  

 

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