Three Wishes Challenge

This is in response to a challenge by @bigtom13, #three-wishes as initiated by @guiltyparties.

How to Participate:

1. Make a post with your three wishes
2. Mention someone who'd like this sort of thing (@ericvancewalton, @papilloncharity, @joanstewart, and anyone else who wants to join - feel free to do so!)
3. Use the #three-wishes tag

My first wish
I’d like to grow old gracefully at my dream cottage by the sea…almost there but not quite…pain-free and still able to enjoy life to the fullest. I therefore pray for good health in body and mind, family and friends alongside me (even my virtual friends), and should I fall ill that I leave this world speedily. May sound morbid but after losing a close friend who was put on life support which dragged out her end, I’d rather just say my goodbyes, close my eyes and move on to the other world without suffering!

Painting by a dear friend & talented artist Peter Wink.

My second wish
My second wish is that both my sons enjoy lifelong happiness and get to experience fatherhood while I’m still around so I can become a granny…they’re both taking a mighty long time!!!

Two little boys who stayed in our bnb for two months and crept into our hearts. We have many young families and enjoy hearing the sound of children playing so have to be satisfied with that for now!

My third wish
That my beautiful country South Africa can reach its full potential – no more corruption and greed by power-hungry politicians; that our taxes are used correctly so that health services, education and policing improves, unemployment is eradicated which will make for a more crime-free society.
With our wealth of natural resources and gorgeous climate this could be one of the best countries to live in worldwide!

The majestic Drakensberg mountain range in the background.

One last wish
Ok ok...I know I've reached three, but have one more...
World peace – that all the people of the world can live in harmony and understanding!

I don't believe these are all impossible dreams.
Joseph and his coat of many colours done by a dear friend Cheryl Wink.

A really great idea that makes total sense by @soyrosa is that this should be a perennial challenge, so let's hope some of my wishes have come true when I do this again!
Who knows what they will be in a couple of months from now :)

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