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The Wishing Trees
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Thursday, January 31, 2019 |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International airport. You’re familiar with it, aren’t you? It’s the airport that spans the border between Luzerne and Lackawanna counties in northeast Pennsylvania. Actually, I’d never flown there myself until this week. Couldn’t help but notice there were still a few Christmas decorations around, including a lovely set of brightly lit “Wishing Trees.” The ornaments on these trees were round cardboard discs upon which people wrote their wishes for the new year. Here’s a sampling of the wishes I discovered:
There were a few wish zingers from kids. Among the many adult comments, I observed these wee wishes:
Some wishes were haunting. Or profound. Like these:
But the best wish I found wasn’t so much of a wish as a declaration. See if you don’t resonate with this one:
May your “Wishing Tree” be bright with the light of this kind of love—all year long!
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