What I would really like

Wish lists are interesting.  For myself, I find there's a balance to them - material items squaring off with hopes for happiness, health, pureness of mind and soul.

To wit, here is what I'd like/love/swoon over:

1) A set of monogrammed Goyard luggage! (start big!)
2) Recovering my ability to speak, write, read French (it was there only 15 years ago!)
3) The perfect pair of Tod's driving mocs (in the bestest crocodile that never wears out)
4) An arm load of Hermes bangles
5) To get a full night's sleep in a huge, cosseted bed (no husband snoring, no baby waking up in the middle of the night)
6) A chance to have a conversation with Jacqueline Kennedy, Princess Diana and Daphne Guinness
7) Improved relationships with several family members
8) Laundry that places itself in the appropriate drawers and hangers, perfectly folded and ironed
9) Absolute happiness and health for my daughter and husband
10) A day without thinking a mean thought about someone else.

I can hardly believe it when people say they don't need or want for anything.  Everybody needs something, right?  Assuredly, not everyone may want an Hermes bangle or belt, but isn't there some item lurking on the peripheries of one's consciousness that would just strike you flat if received?  I think it's good to keep an updated wish list - you never know when you're going to be asked for a gift idea and it never hurts to think highly of yourself.  Finding that perfect gift for someone else is just dandy, but nudging yourself into the spotlight every now and then never hurts either!