I was talking to my daughter once I guess maybe a year or so ago and she told me that she had made a wish and she didn't want to tell me what it was and I had I thought about it for a minute and it just really didn't sit right with me and I couldn't figure out why.

I said, you know what?

She goes, Mama, if I tell you my wish, it won't come true.

That's what my friend at school told me. And I said, well, honey, some kids say that and

you know, they might feel that way. But in my experience, if you say your wishes out

loud, people can start to try to help you make them happen and

Think of creative ways. Well, what what is the next thing out of her mouth?

Mama, I want to be Wonder Woman

So here I am thinking, wow, okay, how do I?

And I sat there quiet because I'm driving and thinking, like, what am I going to say to this kid who wants to be

Wonder Woman and I just told her I can help her make that happen and you know we and I

started just brainstorming with her and I was like well you know what would it what do you love about

Wonder Woman is it her strength you know is there something you can do to work on your

strength and would you like to make a costume together and we just had such a great bonding experience about

and I said see now we're thinking of things we can do to make your you know it

seemed like a small dream right but like to her it was big to make your dream

come true and and so that I kind of think that carries on into adulthood is if we

don't say that whole lie about if you say your wishes they don't come true. I think that's BS.

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