Tommy's Make a Wish Evening!

A few weeks ago Tommy recieved a package in the mail, in it was a cute little castle, and it had a special note inside that read... "It is our deepest honor to invite you and your family to come visit A WISHING PLACE for the special occasion of making your wish. Please bring this key with you when you come, for it alone will open the WISHING ROOM at the top of the WISHING TOWER. We eagerly await your presence." So Tommy was thrilled about this key that was going to open a secret room, he carried it everywhere with him. So the other night we were lucky enough to go to the Make A Wish building for a special night just for Tommy. When we got there, there was a big star sign that said that said "Welcome to a Wishing Place Tommy"
Tommy couldn't be happier! They brought us inside, they showed us their star ceiling. It is where they hang these beautiful metal stars, and each one represents a wish that has been granted to a child who is fighting a life threatening disease. There were hundreds of stars.
We went upstairs to make Tommy's wish. Tommy sat down and was being as silly as ever. They asked him what his wish was, and he said "Disneyland", and wanted to meet Indiana Jones. They suggested Disney World, and that sounded awesome to Tommy. They told him they have a special hotel called Give Kids the World that only kids with life threatening illnesses can stay at, and they give you front of the line passes for the parks. That sounded pretty good to Tommy, so we wrote down his 1st wish to be "To go to Disneyworld", and if they can't grant that because the docotrs think he isn't well enough to go or something should happen, they have him make a 2nd wish. His 2nd wish was to meet Indiana Jones, I don't blame him really. Then they roll up the
wish and put it into the golden tube that seals up safely so only the "wish wizard" can read it. We all made a wish for Tommy too. He was absolutely dying to use his key to open the secret door, he was trying it everywhere he could. He found the "Wishing Room" door and unlocked the room with his special key. The room was pretty amazing, it was round and it had a waterfall in the middle. The floor had these see-through tiles that Tommy had to follow, they lit up around the room to the wishing spot. It looked like a big golden cone. There we all read our wishes to Tommy, it was pretty emotional. Of course Tom and I wished that he could be able to be a normal kid again soon, to play with his friends, to be able to go to Kindergarten next year, and to be able to play soccer with his buddies. Then he put his wish inside the wishing spot and sent it to the wishing wizard to grant it soon. So as soon as the doctor says he is healthy enough to go, and it's a good time in our treatment to leave, we are on our way to DISNEYWORLD!!!

Afterwards we went downstairs and they gave us Root Beer Floats! I am so grateful that these wonderful people have created and donated to this foundation. I know when we are able to we will contribute to the Make a Wish Foundation for the rest of our lives. These little kids deserve these wishes SO MUCH for all they are put through, and to make them feel like a kid again for a short period of time. We are really looking forward to taking Tommy and the kids on our vacation, I can't wait to see how happy he will be. It was hard going home after because he thought we were going to disneyworld right then. He started to cry when I told him we had to go home. We told him that after the doctor says he's healthy enough to go, we can go. Then Tommy says,"I am healthy, I'm not even coughing and my cancer is out of my body too!" It just broke our hearts. If we could we would take him all over the world to make him happy.
He still has his key and is so excited that we get to go back when they grant his wish!