Wish
Upon arrival at exit 14W on I-89 North on Thursday evening Will spotted a rainbow in the sky. We were looking at it as we circled of the exit ramp and the picture above is what I was able to capture of what remained from the Sheraton parking lot. After first spotting it Will quickly said "Daddy...quick! Make a WISH!" and he then said "I wish to go back to Disney....no wait! I wish that I love Daddy!"
He made this same wish the past two times we stayed at the Sheraton as they have a fountain in the hotel and he always asks to throw coins in it. The first time I heard him say this, in such a loving tone, I nearly fell over. The next time we visited the fountain his wishes consisted of:
- I wish I loved Daddy
- I wish I loved Mommy
- I wish I could stay in Vermont FOREVER (he shouted the forever part, hence the caps)
He always asks me to also make a wish each time. I just have one wish that I make for all such occasions. It isn't to save Will, or to cure cancer, or to win the lottery, or for 'health'.
Instead I simply wish for happiness for my family.
That may mean different things for each member and come from different places of hope and desire. However, all I can hope for as a father and a husband is that at the end of each day my family is happy. If we can managed that then I will have achieved surpassed everything else I could ever hope for.
At times it is difficult to not focus on certain larger issues you'd like to change as this can make it exceedingly difficult to be happy. I know I have had a hard time doing this lately by focussing on all the things I dislike about our current situation instead of focussing on the happiness in each day and how Will & Evelyn can so easily discover it in the simplest everyday things.
