I wish...

I am terrible when it comes to New Year's Resolutions so I have given up on them a long time ago. When I used to have resolutions, I would either just think about the things I wanted to do but later forget about them, or I would jot them down yet they just stay on paper for the rest of the year.

This year I thought about something different. I thought about making wishes instead--a list of things that I desire, yet they're less binding, less obligatory. Some things I can control, some I cannot. And if they don't come true, I may be heartbroken but I won't have to bang my head against the wall for not making every effort to achieve them.

So for this year, I wish-

- for a safe delivery and a healthy baby

- that charles and i will gain more strength and patience to embrace the difficulties of parenthood

- for more opportunities at work, for my team to stay intact and for better correlation among colleagues from our different offices

- to be better at photography and to meet more people with the same interest so I may learn more from them

- that my parents will have a grand time while vacationing in the US

- that my nephew will grow up to be a vibrant and healthy little boy

- that my cousin and her husband be finally blessed with the baby of their dreams

- that the world economy will start to recuperate and thus help people improve their way of life

- that my brother will finally marry the girl of his dreams

- that at least one of our friends from outside the country will come visit (maybe chichi? hint...hint...)

- that my friend jocab will have a blissful marriage and that i may get together again with my girl friends lori, minerva, lolit, kathleen and joy

- that wars will end and I will hear less and less about innocent children dying

- that at the end of the year, I will find myself checking off this entire list