Re: MAKE A WISH IS AWESOME

November 16, 2002

, Go for it with MAKE A WISH , it is the best organization around, my son

had his wish granted a year ago last month, We waited until he was older so that

he could really enjoy his wish and also remember it . And as I have read in

other emails here, we also felt funny having a wish granted for him when we

could do it for him and he wasnt " THAT " sick. Well I tell anyone that will

listen on this site, if your child is eligible and they all are, you contact

make a wish and let your child experience a wonderful day or week or whatever

their dream is. My sons dream was to meet Will so we were picked up by a

limo in Ohio and flown to Santa CA and we spent the day on the set of Men

in Black 2 with Will and My son will never forget nor will we. Make a wish made

all the arrangements and we never had to worry about anything. That is what make

a wish is about, giving the families a little bit of time to relax and just live

a little. We were so fortunate to have met one of the greatest celebrities but

I would caution as I did caution my son before he decided on his wish, that if

you are picking a person that you see in movies or on tv or sports that person

may not be like what you see, so be prepared for a let down, We were

overwhelmed by the generosity of Mr. and everyone that surrounded him. He

is a class act. Make a Wish is a first class organization they really will try

to do all they can to fulfill your childs biggest dream. We spent a week in CA

and had a wonderful time. I hope that you encounter the same wonderful

opportunity with them as we did. Best of luck to you.

Making a wish

About 6 weeks ago at a clinic visit the social worker came in to talk

to us and said it was about time for Josh to think about making a

wish. My heart almost stopped! I asked her should I be worried? I

always thought this was something that happened for very sick

children. She quickly reassured me that he was fine. The way the try

to do it now is to give the child the wish while they are healthy

enough to enjoy it. Josh is so excited! This past summer my husband

and I had sent off for some cruise brochures. He is my second

husband. We married when Josh was 9, even though he was around when

Josh was diagnosed at 5. Any way, we had never had any alone time

since when we married I already had 4 children. We even took them on

our honeymoon. Not because we had to, but because we wanted to.

Anyway, Josh was really getting into the cruise thing and I had to

tell him, no way would we be able to do this for the whole family. As

it was we were only looking at about 3 or 4 days.

Well Josh now wants to cruise the Caribbean! I am so glad that they

were able to offer him something that I could not. He just cant

wait!! We had freinds that cruised to Alaska for their wish. Josh

said that was too cold for him.

Has anyone else done the wish thing. If so what did you do and how

was it handled. I checked out the web site, but you cant ask any

questions of the families. Come on guys, share with us.

PLEASE do not post religious emails to the list.

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November 16, 2002

I'm gonna have to save your e-mail for Josh. It really does sound like it was

awesome. I'm glad it went so well for you. I've always liked Will but now

he awesome in my book!! Alot of stars just do it for the publicity, but it

sounds like this man genuinely has a big heart. Thanks for shareing with us.