Our Make-A-Wish Experiences

[Guest guest]

I don't recall exactly how long the process took, but by the time

the doctors sent confirmations, meetings took place with " Wish

Granters " , and so on, it was probably a couple months from

submission to WISH.

Plus, received a lot of support from MAW about trying to go to

Japan, but we finally agreed to his second option (the computer)

when traveling to Japan turned out to be a huge hassle. The other

fun part about the " WISH DAY " was not only the computer system, but

the party for his family and friends, plus the other stuff the

brought (lots of Toyota stuff). The local Toyota dealer owner also

showed up. Plus WWAY-TV3 for the news part. I only regret we

forgot to ask about having MAW fly Grandma Polly down here for the

day too.

And, gifts and opportunites to do things and go places continue to

arrive from MAW, more than two years after 's wish. We have

also stayed at a house on the Outer Banks for Christmas, gone to

Carolina Hurricanes games, been invited to numerous other

professional sporting events, guests of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels

(invited to the USAF Thunderbirds also but couldn't miss school that

day), and 1,000th wish gala events guests, and so on and so on.

These people just keep on making memories for WISH families.

When a " WISH GRANTER TEAM " to assigned to your child, the fun

begins. Some of the best moments were listening to the Wish

Granters discuss wish options with , and we )Mom & Dad) were

only allowed to listen - it was his wish, not ours. How cool.

Dan (Dad of 17cf, 16 tomorrow nocf, hubby to Kathy)