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Margie & Barbara
Feb 3, 2023
News About the Wish Blog
We have an important announcement to make. After consulting with the "Oracles of Wishing," we have decided to take a break from our...

Barbara Dickinson
Jan 27, 2023
Barbara's Wish to Visit with the Sloths
Barbara loves animals, she always has. She wished to be a veterinarian and made it all the way to 9th grade before Biology class and frog...


Barbara Dickinson
Jan 20, 2023
A Wish for a Beach Cottage
Back in August of 2022, Margie and I had a “sidewalk sale” at our favorite shop in Ocean Grove, NJ for all things “mindful and magical.”...


Margie & Barbara
Jan 13, 2023
"Z" is for Zillions of Wishes
Scholars have long maintained that each era has a unique spirit, a nature or climate that sets it apart from all other epochs. In German,...

Margie & Barbara
Jan 6, 2023
Synchronicities in Wishing
One of our wishes in the past year has been for healing. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, be open to wishes come true from...

Margie & Barbara
Dec 31, 2022
New Year YOU! ("Y" is for You)
You have been wishing for some time now… maybe as much as a year! First, congratulations to you for doing something wonderful for...


Margie & Barbara
Dec 23, 2022
"Children See Magic Because They Look for It"
December is a time of holidays that have a special aura of magic within and around them. A lot of us want to believe in some kind of...


Margie & Barbara
Dec 17, 2022
"X" is for The Unknown Quantity
In mathematics, X is commonly used as a variable, something for which the value is not yet determined; the unknown quantity. In wishing,...

Margie & Barbara
Dec 8, 2022
Barbara’s Wish to See a USAAC B-29
Sometimes you can have a wish tucked away in a corner of your being and not even realize it. This is how it was for Barbara. She had...


Margie & Barbara
Dec 2, 2022
"W" is for "Why"
Why did we choose “why” for the letter “w” rather than all the other possibilities like wish? Because “why” opens so many doors for...


Margie & Barbara
Nov 28, 2022
Gratitude, Wishing, & Our Partnership
In the US, and elsewhere, we recently celebrated Thanksgiving. It is a time to reflect and rejoice in what we have - family, friends,...

Margie & Barbara
Nov 18, 2022
"V" is for Vision
We thought of “vision” for the letter v because wishing is a lot about creating a “vision” of your life and then making the wishes that...


Margie & Barbara
Nov 11, 2022
Wishing is A Lot Like Praying
The subject of prayer can evoke religious practice for some people. Although both of us were raised in faith traditions, both of us have...


Margie & Barbara
Nov 4, 2022
"U" is for Universe
It would be hard to think of anything else other than Universe for the letter “u”! We talk all the time about how the Universe is the...


Margie & Barbara
Oct 28, 2022
What to Do If My Wishes Seem Trivial?
A reader once asked us, “How do I start? Every time I try to write wishes, they seem trivial and I feel selfish and shallow.” For us, our...


Margie & Barbara
Oct 21, 2022
"T" is for Thoughts (Come Before Feelings)
When we first developed our wish practices, we got hung up on the part about tuning our “vibration” - the way we feel - to the highest...


Barbara Dickinson
Oct 14, 2022
The Story of Baby Elephant - The Lesson in the Leaves
Once, a fairly long time ago, when my son was tiny, we would buy him a small toy as a souvenir from any special visit. When we went to...


Margie & Barbara
Oct 7, 2022
"S" is for Spiritual
The reason “s” is for spiritual when we think about wishing is manifold. First, there is believing in miracles. Second, there is...

Margie & Barbara
Sep 30, 2022
The Next Bridge to Cross
In order to cross bridges, they first have to be built. A wish practice builds bridges between what is in one’s life and what one wants...


Margie & Barbara
Sep 23, 2022
"R" is for Reflection
Before we dive in, Barbara insists on a shout-out for Margie’s picture this week. Margie has contributed so many beautiful photos to this...
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