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What If You Wish
Copyright © 2023 by Anne Appert
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023931267
ISBN 978-0-06-303613-0
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To Elizabeth, for all the hours we wondered the what-ifs together.
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by anne app ert
When a spring breeze blows, a quiet promise whispers, What if?
Wonder stirs.
A wish blooms.
Imagination soars
. . .
. . . into hopeful dreams.
But what if a stormy wind clouds possibility with questions and drowns promises with shouts?
Doubt stirs.
Wonder whips into worry.
Are hopes enough? What if wishes are just impossible questions . . .
. . . or unreachable dreams?
What if?
Doubt lingers,
until a persistent ripple appears.
Wonder stirs. A new what-if.
What if a wish met by wonder makes the impossible possible?
What if it becomes a tide, releasing hope from inside?
What if when promises whisper and even when doubt stirs, you wonder,
What if . . .
. . . and make a wish?
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