wishing

Wishes… while sitting on Santa’s lap, little homilies of how good I have been, and promises of how much better I can be.

Wishes… as we choose 6 numbers and that mega digit, of how the bills, the debt the dinginess of not enough dollars could, would be made into bouquets of Benjamin’s

WISHES… as we watch a co-worker laid off, losing his/her job, watching their face as their heart sinks deeper into their gut, hoping they are alright of course but silently praying not me, not me.

WISHES… as a new test may be needed for that cough that lingers, hoping the newest round of medical wonders don’t mean one more loan or the total on the charge card growing like the numbers on the Jerry Lewis Telethon.

WISHES… wanting for the man I love, to be more than a domestic partner, or a partner in a civil union, wanting to call him my wedded bliss, but waiting for the majority of Americans to recognize my equality.

WISHES… hearing the harangues of heatless self serving politicians who once elected by the people, avoid the people and pursue personal pleasures, wondering when does the bad guy grovel and beg, declare his indecency?

WISHES…that facts presented as truth stop turning out to be fiction. That a person’s word is worth more than the fee paid for a speechwriter. That the outcome decided upon is one for the good of the greater and not for the greedier.

It is almost Hanukah, a festival within the calendar of history and hearsay for many people Jewish. It is a festival of lights, remembering that a great miracle happened here; an eight day celebration of promise, strength, belief and resilience.

It is also a time for WISHES to be made, some floating like helium, some trudging the earth as a beached whale, and some like a GPS map with destination declared and found.

There is so much to WISH for this year, there was so much from the prior year to be WISHED away.

WISHES…WISHING they all have the power of conviction, the force of genuine, and the rational of righteous.

Happy Hanukah WISHES.