Each Day Brings New Opportunities

Melissa Evon writing again:
We think we are ahead of where we were last year in wish shopping and fundraising.  But we still just don't know what "Wish Week" will look like.  The wishes have been read at least twice so far.  Most of them are on their third or fourth read.  This is when things start to really make sense to us.  When we begin to see what kids are trying to tell us through their wishes.  We are already at the point that each day fills our eyes with tears.  Sometimes it's the way a kid wrote a wish that brings on the waterworks, sometimes it's a donation, and sometimes it's someone we have reached out to answering with a "yes".

We have already reached the point where we wake up thinking about wishes and brainstorming what can be done.  A former student reached out to me today about making a donation.  He commented that he and his wife were impressed with the program.  I told him that we really like giving kids stuff but we really love to give them experiences.  Today we worked on those experiences.  We have reached out to corporations, governments, professional singers, and professional athletes today.  Numerous emails have been made.  Then we wait and we check our emails a lot.  We dream big in the wish think tank.  For every 50 emails we send we might get 5 responses and maybe 3 maybes with 3 leads on granting a wish but often those maybes turn into a yes and it keeps us going and keeps us writing and still believing that anything is possible when it comes to granting wishes of EMS kids.  We got two great responses today.

Every time we get a "yes we can help you response" I get THRILLED.  I always have to tell somebody.  During wish season it's not uncommon to hear "don't tell Evon, you know she can't keep a wish a secret."  Well I can't keep it a secret and when they allow me to tell just a few teachers I'm good.  It's all pure joy and I just can't keep that to myself.  Oh and any season but wish season I am a good secret keeper.  Winter Wishes just effects me in a profound way! So I would love to write about today's joy and secrets but I can't.  If anyone reads this, just remind me after December 20th to talk about music, a corporation, and a lady I know.

Only 36 days until Wish Week "officially" begins!