The Story of Our Wishing Well

A few weeks before Christmas, sweet Lucy asked me "Nanny, what do you want for Christmas?"

And I replied "Lots of hugs & kisses from my grandchildren."

To which she never missed a beat and informed me

"Well, you're gonna get those anyway. What's something you can ask Santa to bring for you?"

And I was stumped ...

 so many aspects of her unconditional & unselfish love for me in insisting that she wanted something tangible for her Nanny to ask for Christmas. 

She wasn't thinking of herself ... she was unselfishly thinking of me.

 

And so ... I said "I have no idea, Lucy. What do you think I should ask for?"

She replied "Hmmmmmm. I think you should ask for a wishing well. You know, like the one we had on the front porch but that got broken."

 

pure unselfishness ...

pure innocence ...

pure sensitivity ...

 

 

I pray that one day that I will allow God to mold me & shape me into the little girl that my granddaughter Lucy is right now. 

She's sensitive to other's feelings ...

she hurts when someone else hurts ...

 she is most tenderhearted...

 

And today I needed her sensitivity ... I needed her kind heart ... I needed to be most like her.


 

This wishing well is not just any ordinary wishing well that anyone can purchase at a home improvement store. 

 This wishing well is a one of a kind wishing well that came directly from a

six year old's tender heart. 

 

Lucy was surprised when she saw the wishing well that Santa's elves had left for us ...

she said it was "amazing" ...

 

I say that Lucy is amazing.

And I thank God everyday for her -- 

her tenderness ... her sensitivity ... her sweet spirit ...

 

She is definitely one of a kind.