Grown-Up Christmas List

Bought Christmas gifts tonight… of course it’s inevitable that while buying, you tend to think of things you want to get for yourself. Surprisingly, for me, that is, my wish-list-thinking ventured toward requests that were less material in nature.

• Flowers
• A good, hearty laugh
• Blue skies
• 12 extra hours every day to read all my books and finish all my research
• The power to forget
• The discipline to remember
• Well-deserved R&R for Nats
• Godly sense and caring sensibilities for my sister
• Peace of mind for my parents

And of course let us not forget: world peace. ;-p But really… what the world needs is hope, I think, more than peace. On the more mundane side, however, I have to say that all I want for Christmas is books. Lots of books. Which books? Maybe these ones...

• The History Of Love by Nicole Krauss
• The Screwtape Letters (Hardbound)
• Christ The Lord: Out Of Egypt by Anne Rice
• The complete Lemony Snickett’s Series Of Unfortunate Events… (so far)
• The Reformation by Diarmaid Mcculloch
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• The World Is Flat: A Brief History Of The Twenty-First Century by Thomas Friedman
• Where God Was Born: A Journey By Land To The Roots Of Religion by Bruce Feiler (author of Walking The Bible, 2001)

This is not to say that I'm asking for these things, okay? Just kinda thought about gift-giving today and, well, it's these things that popped into my head. If however any if you out there have any inclination to share your blessings with me, then by all means friend, spread some holiday cheer!