This post was inspired by me saying ‘I wish…’ many times about certain things over the last week. I expanded the reach of my wish list somewhat to include other things, because, who knows? sometimes the universe genie may grant more than three wishes…

I wish my daughter and I could live peacefully under the same roof…

I wish that my daughter would see me as a person, rather than an annoying object/embarrassing non-person to be used and dismissed…

I wish the values I instilled in my daughter from a young age had not been forgotten as an adult…

I wish that my relationship with my daughter wasn’t so fragile and fraught…

I wish my daughter and I could be friends…

I wish my daughter was proud of my achievements…

I wish my Love & Other Stuff book series would take off and be a continued best seller in its category…

I wish Love & Other Stuff would be made into a movie…

I wish my adventures in publishing would lead to a full-time, extremely enjoyable way of making an income…

I wish for interesting opportunities from my adventures in writing and publishing…

I wish that I could work anywhere in the world from my laptop and tablet.

I wish I found writing easier and wish I wrote more consistently…

I wish Bella (my cat) a long and happy life…

I wish a long, happy and abundant life for me…

I wish a long, happy and abundant life for my daughter (even though she is a major pain in the arse at the moment)…

I wish that I could lose that last five kilograms…

I wish I could travel to somewhere different in the world every year for the rest of my life…

I wish I could continue running into old age…

I wish cyclists would observe correct etiquette along the linear park…

I wish I’d had more than one great romantic love…

I wish Tony Abbott was no longer our (Australia’s) Prime Minister, and that his replacement would be wise and empathetic and strategic…

I wish my garden would be lush and plump all year round with the fruits and vegetables I plant…

I wish Adelaide’s summers were milder, and winters were colder…

I wish Rundle Mall wasn’t such an obstacle course…

I wish people would be kinder to each other…

I wish people were kinder to animals…

I wish I had more time to just sit and read…

I wish my brain could connect the dots a tad faster…

I wish more movies like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button were made more often…

I wish there was less crap on free-to-air TV…

I wish the human race was more enlightened and respectful of diversity and difference…

I wish there was a vaccine for greed…

I wish for peace everywhere, all the time…

Photo credit Quasic. Used with permission.