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I’m thankful that God’s knows my heart. He will get me through this. Merry Christmas!
Seriously, what I would really like would be to be content.. I don't even know what it would look like or feel like to be truly content, happy in my own skin. It's always been an elusive thing for me. Contentment that is. I know it's unrealistic to think that as a permanent state of being but it would be nice to generally feel that way, most of the time.
As for anything material. There's nothing that I want that way. I am lucky that way. I have never really craved things that much. I am blessed that way.
A nice dinner, a nice vacation, a perfect night's sleep, be truly cared for & not be used, better health, & peace in my soul.
I just turned 65, My Birthday was a non-event.
I try not to want anything for Christmas and go into the holiday season with zero expectations, so that I'm not disappointed. Just like every other year, the only things under the tree are things I bought myself. (Yes, DH is a total Grinch.)
But, if I could wish for anything at all, this would be my Wish List:
1. I want Covid to be over. It's getting really old.
2. I want to have in person appointments at doctors and am really overdue for a dental.
3. I want to be able to leave my house without fear.
4. I want to not have NAFLD and have a champagne toast for New Years and have all my favorite foods that I had to give up.
5. I wish my PTSD could be back under control. Been off meds for 2 years now. (Not by choice.) Was doing so well for many years but the past 3 years were bad from all the stress.
6. I wish for the energy to get done so many things I've let go. I'm so tired of being chronically exhausted.
7. I wish I could let go of the anger of being robbed of my retirement and the loss of my health by my dysfunctional family. I'm working on it but I'm not there yet.
8. I wish for everyone who has struggled, been abused, lost a person or pet they loved a safe, healthy, peaceful Christmas. May 2021 be better for us all!
Just peace and quiet for my mind and body to rest just for a while.
Also, I want my 85 year old dad to get thru rehab and return home better than when he got in there.
I want my son to find his "dream job" doing medical research.
I want my husband's auto-immune illness to reverse itself, so he can stop having issues with his feet.
And if I'm going to wish for the moon, I want to lose 30 pounds without having to diet and/or exercise!
BUT - I will be grateful for being able to spend today and tomorrow with my husband and my kids, which is really the best gift I can imagine.
Peace to everyone who is feeling sad, hopeless, underappreciated, unvalued and all those other emotions that we deal with. My biggest wish is a better 2021 for us all.
Right now my mother with alleged dementia (very hard to believe when she is capable of ripping off notes that say NOT YOURS DO NOT TOUCH), is throwing down the drain my freshly brewed iced tea that is causing me great frustration especially when my energy is not at 100% as I recuperate from major surgery. So I would like an electrician to totally rewire our older home, so I could feel safe about installing a mini-fridge in my locked bedroom, and know there wasn't a fire risk. I also would adore a dishwasher, and failing that, a housekeeper who would make the multiple trips needed to take down to the kitchen the load of used cups and mugs and bowls on my dresser top to get them washed!
The state restrictions on visiting got me out of a yearly "away from home" Thanksgiving commitment and having my mother here for Christmas Day to harp on her her health. In fact after 20 plus years of buying her gifts for my children ( and me stupidly letting her give the best of the gifts on my list) she finally just sent money for the children to have and spend themselves. What a burden lifted.
So i certainly wish blessings on all caregivers, especially the unappreciated ones.
However, considering what so many others here have to deal with, I have it pretty easy. Hoping everyone here has a Merry Christmas and blessings in the New Year, and that you all get what you want for Christmas.
Thanks for posting and asking this question. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's answers!!
All y'all are asking for simple things like peace and quiet. I feel kinda selfish now. Oof.
Just one day when I feel calm, no anxiety nibbling 'round the edges of my mind. A clean house (hahahahahahahaha) and sweet hugs and snuggles from my grands.
A nice note or card from my DH in his OWN WRITING that tells me he loves me and is grateful for me in his life.
For the TV in our bedroom to break and Dh to ask me to 'come and sleep by him'.
I'm pretty easy. As most of us are!