Joseph's Wish

Joseph's Make A Wish trip was amazing. I just finished making a scrapbook of the entire trip. It started when the wish team came to our house to ask what Sean and Joseph wished for. They asked each fo the boys, "If you could wish for anything in the world, what would you wish for?" Joseph was almost 3 years old at the time and he replied, "I wish for to meet Pooh Bear." Then they asked him for an alternate wish, just in case Pooh Bear wasn't available to meet him and he said, "I wish for to BE Pooh Bear." We laughed so hard. To this day, he still loves Pooh Bear. His Wish was granted and we left ealry one Sept morning in a Limo headed for the airport. He was wearing the Mickey Mouse ears MAW sent to him and he had his Bear In the Big Blue House backpack they sent. When we landed in Orlando there were people there to greet us and bring us to the car rental place. They gave us instructions to get to Give Kids the world...a beuatiful palce for kids with life-threatening illnesses (www.gktw.org). When we arrived it was like entering a theme park. The staff gave each boy a shirt and gave Joseph a stuffed Mickey Mouse doll. GKTW has its own waterpark, its own ice cream shop that serves ice cream morning and night. Several swimming pools, a train and lots of fun for everyone. When we entered our villa, there were gifts for all three of the boys. That afternoon we stayed at GKTW and rode the train, played the games and ate at the gingerbread house. AND we had ice cream.

Before we even arrived in Orlando, I had made reservations for Joseph to eat with Pooh Bear at the Crystal Palace at Disney. Joseph's wish came true several times. When he met Pooh Bear, he was so excited. He danced and sang! His favorite ride was the Winnie the Pooh Ride-- he loved riding in the honey pots going through the Hundred Acre Woods. Later that night we ate with Pooh Bear and all the other Pooh characters. It was a wish come true.

The moment that really pulled at our heart strings was when Matthew walked out of the gingerbread house one morning to see Goofy standing there. He yelled, "MY wish came true, too! My wish came true, too!" Before we left, he had wished to meet Goofy. He was only 6 and it was hard for him to understand why his two brothers received a wish from MAW. I had tears in my eyes as I took his picture with Goofy.

We did and saw so much and the experience was wonderful. Too much to even put into words.