alisonism #14: 11-11-11

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There is a tradition of making a wish at 11:11.

Yesterday was 11-11-11.

You may have heard - 

There was a lot of hubbub about making a wish

at 11:11 on 11-11-11.  

Time for the alisonism.

I've never really been one for making wishes.

Weird, right?

but I haven't.

I remember even when I was little,

people telling me to make a wish on my birthday candles.

I always thought it was weird.

I usually just close my eyes for a second and then say,

"Got it,"

so I don't have to explain that I don't really make wishes.

Don't get me wrong - I don't think there's anything wrong with making wishes.

You can make wishes all you want and I definitely will not think any less of you.

I just don't make them.

I don't even think it's weird when other people do it - just when I do. 

I hope for things

(I hope we have macaroni for dinner!)

and I wish some things were

(I wish it weren't so cold today)

but I don't make wishes for things I want.

Maybe I don't know how.

Every time I try making a wish, it comes out feeling more like a prayer,

which then makes me feel weird for praying a wish.

Needless to say,

I didn't make a wish at the AM or PM, 

and it didn't really bother me.