Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

I am 60 years old but yet I feel the urge to give you my Christmas list.  When I had my students write about having three wishes, I told them they needed to have 2 that helped the world or their family, and one could be completely selfish.  Since I intend to give you WAY more than 3 things on my list, I'm doing the selfish ones first, and there will MORE than 1, trust me!

I would REALLY like a Mitsubishi 3000 GT, Candy Apple Red.  See Santa, they don't make that model anymore, so you will have to find one somewhere that can be restored.  And Santa, I want a stereo sound system that will blow those punks out of the water that sit at the stop light and all you can hear is "boom, boom, boom, boom" that shakes your car and makes your teeth ache! 

Could you please make our house bigger.  That would sure help Mr. B. get around it in his wheelchair better.  Particularly could you make our bedroom bigger so I don't have to squeeze between the wall and wheelchair to take care of him.  Thanks - that would be great! 

AND Santa, could you arrange a world trip for my sister and I?  We would both like to travel the world before we get too old, but that takes WAY more money than either of us will have in a lifetime.  Let's see ..... France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, and pretty please, a safari to Africa!  Hmmm - better add in there the South American Rainforest and the ruins of the Atzec Nation and Inca Nation.  When we get through with all that, we are going to be pooped, so how about a trip to Tahiti so we can just sit on the sand and veg! 

Now since I got that out of my system, I can focus on family and world.  For both my kids, would you please pay off all their debts, their house, cars, medical bills and any remaining student loans.  Mr. B. and I just couldn't pay for their college outright, so both sets of families have loans to pay off.  Besides, I'd kind of like them to get those paid for before their children get in college and they have to start paying on those!  :)

Would you also please bring peace to our world?  I am so tired of hearing which militant group who has more guns and is more depraved, having the upper hand over civilians that just want to live their life.  Please bring war to an end.  Let the children go to school without worrying about getting blown up on their way.  Bring a stop to the depraved raping and killing of women that goes on in many countries of the world.  Let men in other countries see the value of women, and let them be a first class citizen instead of someone to control and hurt when they feel like it.

Now Santa, I know my list is getting long, but I do have one last request, that would not only make our family happy, but would make a LOT of people happy who have invested prayers, emotions, money and food in this particular problem.  Could you please, pretty please, bring my granddaughter a new liver.  I don't want to have someone die so she can live, so this will require a HUGE miracle Santa.  If that is not possible, then could you please take away her 24/7 pain so she can function as normally as she can with this disease.  Give her sisters some extra attention because they need it so badly.  Bring extra strength to their parents who are exhausted and emotionally drained. 

Really and truly Santa, skip all the wishes except the liver.  That would make a ton of people happy.

Thank you Santa,

Marty Bittle