My Wish

 

Do I get one wish granted to me in this life? Not to imply that I am somehow deserving of it but just that it seems like I could really use one good wish. I know the magic lamp with the genie just isn’t real. What is real? Is my life real or is it some strange dream? If it’s a dream I should be able to have all the wishes granted that I should wish for.

 

What would I wish for if it could come true? I know most would think they know my wish that it would be for Teresa to come back to me. I could not however wish such a thing. She is no longer a part of this cruel and dark world. She never has to suffer again. She sits in the kingdom of heaven in a perfect form without fear or pain or any kind of suffering that we in this fallen world endure. She will never know the horrible pain of losing a spouse.  No, right now, today, my one wish would be that some one would call and say “Hey, do you remember when Teresa ..... ?” or Remember when or how Teresa ......?”.

Her memory is fading faster and faster with each passing day. I don’t want that to happen but it’s too late it is passing. Day after day no one mentions her name. I try to bring her up in conversation and “they” act as if I never said it and move on. Is it such a horrible thing to mention her name? Even if it makes us cry, so what, just a memory would be so nice and a little tear can do a lot of healing.

 

Want you please grant me this wish? Before it’s too late and the memories fade, say her name. It’s not such a horrible thing.

 

 

                                                            Jerry L. McFadyen