A festive post with a twist, and did you get your dog Joanne?
When I was younger, my main ambition in life was to own a dog.
Unfortunately, my parents were reluctant to buy one because they both worked long hours and thought that looking after a dog would be impractical.
When I was seven, I decided to take matters into my own hands and actively wrote to Santa asking for a dog.
At the time, I thought that I was being really crafty .
I thought that I had devised a cunning plan to outwit my parents by going behind their backs in order to obtain what they had previously denied me.
As a child, I had a very intense and vivid imagination and invested heavily in fantasies and delusions.
As a result, I had complete faith in Santa’s ability to provide, not only free 24-hour delivery of a live animal, but also a complimentary kennel construction and installation service.
I was…
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Ah, the faith of a child! Smart to think of housing & food for it, too.
It’s a lovely tale isn’t it. Well worth reblogging.
I thought to, too… She certainly has an imaginative way to correlate reality and fiction. While I”m quite sure she never went to Hogwarts, etc., I wonder if she ever got that dog.