Dear Santa, my Grown Up Wish List

Dear Santa

I haven’t written you a letter in a long time.  My kids wrote their Santa letters to you tonight, and I thought I should too.  I know you can’t make all my dreams come true, but I hope you take serious consideration of my list.

I wish for:

• My kids health and safety.  They have so much to offer.  Let them have the chance to grow, create and change the world we live in.  They will accomplish great things.
• A cure for cancer.  Enough said.
• Good health for my friends and the rest of my family.  For those that may leave us, I wish them safe travels and an easy journey.
• I would like to wish for world peace, but I don’t believe it will ever happen. Instead, I would like to request world tolerance and understanding.   A world without dissent is a world we probably don’t want to live in.  I wish for good debate and dissent in a manner that doesn’t take people’s lives.
• I wish for shelter and food for all of the world’s children.
• I wish for no regrets.
• I would really like a real vacation, but I would give it up for any of the above.

I know I am asking for a lot.  In return, I promise to:

• Seek out the greater good.
• Do my best to give back.
• Raise my children to be tolerant, to listen to other’s beliefs and to challenge their own.
• Lead by example by being tolerant, listening to other’s beliefs, and to challenge my own.
• Make lots of mistakes, but learn and grown from them.

Love,

Ginger

P.S.  For those of you who are reading this and don’t believe in Santa, perhaps you might take a moment to believe in yourself and your power to change the world we live in.  Eventually baby steps may lead to a marathon.  You have to start somewhere. Make a change in 2010.  You do have the power.