Wishes and dreams

A good friend sent a birthday gift that I saved until tonight to open. It was a cool gift - a dream catcher. Something perfect for this time of year and this stage in my life.

The dream catcher made me think about New Year's Eve. I wore a vintage 1980s jumpsuit with harem-style pants. Wearing the outfit was fun and a good conversation starter. All night, people told me I looked like a genie. Then they made wishes.

It was the wishes and the way people made them that was most interesting.

Both girls and guys in the bar made wishes. I knew most of them but a few I didn't know. None of the guys said their wishes out loud. The girls did. They all wished for love.

I more of a believer in wishes and dreams than New Year's resolutions. Wishes and dreams don't have an expiration date. New Year's resolutions seem to expire on December 31. Then what happens to them?

Resolutions seem to be made just to be forgotten. Do you remember the New Year's resolutions you made when you were 8 or 21 or even last year? But I'll bet you remember your wishes and dreams. You may still have them. Even better, they may have come true.

I have wishes and dreams, but I guess I think more like the guys because I'm not going to say them out loud - or write them where you can read them. Then they may not come true.

I am like the girls in one way (and probably the guys, too). Everyone just wants to be loved.

But I do wish I was a genie so I could make everyone's wishes come true. Maybe the dream catcher will help.

Love to the single girls,
Addison