I Wish . . .

I think I am a country girl at heart. I live in the city and always have, but sometimes I really long for a "country girl" life. And not only for me, but for my kids. I want the best for them and sometimes this life in the city that I have given them really bothers me. Sometimes I daydream of moving someplace quaint, someplace simple, someplace peaceful.

I wish my kids could play outside all summer long in their bare feet until exhaustion (or hunger) overtakes them and they need to come in.

I wish my kids could count wild flowers, run through grassy fields and make a tree house where they could have tea parties and secret clubs with their best friends.

I wish my kids could sleep with their windows open and wake up to a cool breeze and sounds of the country singing to them from outside.

I wish the kids could experience the caring for and birth of various baby animals, from chickens to cows.

I wish the kids could go out in the garden and pick fresh herbs and vegetables for dinner and gather the eggs for pie and homemade ice cream.

I wish television was not even a thought in their heads because they were having too much fun to care; and I wish all of the silly electronic games were something they knew nothing about.

I wish life was simpler, lovelier, and kinder. Sometimes I long so much for this that my heart fills up with sadness and I kind of want to cry. Isn't giving out kids the best we can what it is all about? And I don't mean money, and things, but a good upbringing with amazing memories and a lot of love.

What do you wish for your kids?

XO,

Michelle