"Twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are, up above the world so high like a diamond in the sky, twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are.” Do you remember this song? When I was a kid, I used to sing this song while looking at the stars and whispering my wish hoping that it would come true. Yup! I grew up believing that the stars would hear me. Funny right? But it’s true and I know many of you guys, especially the young ones out there, experienced the same situation as I have. Let me share a story.
Ryan is like a lot of 17-year-old guys. He loves baseball and is a pitcher on his high school baseball team. He also plans to attend college and hopes to be on the school’s baseball team.
But unlike a lot of 17-year-old guys, Ryan had cancer. When he began chemotherapy treatments it took a lot out of him, but he managed to show up for team practices – even if he wasn’t able to participate. By the first official team practice, Ryan had lost all of his hair due to chemotherapy treatments. His dad, coaches and teammates were waiting in the dugout with a stool and hair clippers. Many of them shaved their heads in solidarity with Ryan. They rallied around him so he wanted his wish to include baseball and all the people who supported him when he was going through his toughest days. Ryan’s wish was to go to an Angels’ game and throw the first pitch in front of his teammates and family.
On Ryan’s wish day, while he was waiting for the game to begin, he was able to meet players during pre-game batting practice and get autographs and photos. Ryan then threw the opening pitch for the game with his family and teammates cheering him on as his perfect pitch went straight across home plate.
Ryan still wears his hospital admittance wristband. “It reminds me of what I went through” he says. “I’ll remember this, too” he says of his Angels’ Baseball experience – “I’ll remember this forever.”
You see wishes wouldn’t be created without your aim, like Ryan, even though he has cancer he is still determined to do it! That’s the magic of wish; it creates hope and determination to a person. For me wishing is another term for prayer, because as I wish to God I know and I believe that He will grant it and fulfill my desires. That’s how great and generous God is. And now as I take my steps to the highest peak in my life, I will never forget to look up and make a wish to God that every step that I will take and every breath I will make I will make sure that God is part of it.
Be Blessed and make a wish! *hug*
Manila Feaster
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