Calendar Girl Blog: My Magic Wand

This is my magic wand.

Around Christmas of 2002, I dropped three bucks for this golden stick and have been granting wishes ever since.

Not 'willy nilly' wish granting...but not 'cheapskate, better make it good or else' wish mongering either.

I took my wand to the Winter Solstice affair I attended last evening. Six women, one dog and one cat all made wishes.

The wish wand process is simple. The wisher makes a wish, silently or out loud. Then I, the wishette, deftly bonks the wisher on the head with the wand, leaving just enough gold sparkle on the bean to serve as testament that the wish is in motion.

Ho. Ho. Ho. How merry is that?

There's a profound twist to this particular story. All six women are connected in myriad ways, but currently we are bonded by a single man named Henry.

Henry is dying. We six, which included his lovely wife Anne, have been attending to Henry in his final days. In fact hundreds of our friends have been doing the same.

Last night, we were caring for each other. And so, we made wishes. Not in a morose, down way, but rather in the spirit of life.

Calendar Girl will note that the only wish made public, instantly came true. Anne wished that another bottle of wine be opened. In the wink of an eye, her wish was granted.

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