Do you believe in positive thought? I don’t know if I do. And if I do, I believe that it should be reserved for people who really need it. Me, I don’t fall into that category.

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But here’s what I want to say anyway: I want something unlikely to happen. I want a series of events to take place, events I have little control over. I’m working very hard, but so much of it is up to chance. Our future has never looked so uncertain, in so many ways.

I am closing my eyes and clicking my heels. From here to there. Oh please.

If you’re the wishing sort, wish me luck. For now all I can tell you is that I am shooting for the goddamned stars.

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Tracy
Tracy
13 years ago

Good luck! Wish my Mom luck for her back surgery tomorrow?! I should be in bed since I have to get her to the hospital by 6am, but I’m too nervous to sleep. Your dream looks lovely, so I hope you get it.

Lyn
Lyn
13 years ago

GOooooooooooooooooood Luck!! Wonderful if that is what you are wishing for!! I will close my eyes, click my heels three times and wish for you to be THERE!!

Locusts and Wild Honey
13 years ago

I’m guessing you want this CHARMING HOUSE. If so, I’ll put in a request with the universe on your behalf.

We’re at a crossroads too and wishing like hell that something really awesome would happen.

It’s pure agony. Hang in there.

SJ
SJ
13 years ago

..I could use a dream or a genie or a wish…

You’ve got my wishing powers at work. I really hope this works out the way you want it to.

Erin
13 years ago

I’ll put in a shameless plug for my coaching services. A positive thought rarely works but combine a positive thought with a little bit of action behind it and sometimes (often, actually) magic happens. In the meantime, keep clicking those heels.

Lesley
Lesley
13 years ago

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

and he was no dummy!

Julia
Julia
13 years ago

you’ve got lots of positive thoughts going your way tonight from Wisconsin :)

Sarah Lena
13 years ago

I really (like, really, not just in theory and not just in words) truly believe that when you throw your hands up and just let the cards fall, you’ll always come out better than okay.

I think that just positive thinking and blind faith can move mountains.

I think you’re on your way to something great.

And I think no one deserves it more.

Alex
13 years ago

I absolutely, unequivocally believe in the power of positive thought.

There is a Natural Law of the Universe that states the images you hold in your mind most often materialize in results in your life. Energy moves into physical form. Believe it, and it will be.

Crossing all crossables for you!

Alex
13 years ago

And also? *Everyone* deserves the power of positive thinking. There is never a shortage, so it doesn’t translate into who “needs” it most. Plenty to go around for everyone…

Anyabeth
13 years ago

Oh I hope this works for you. Be brave. It is so damn hard to be brave.

Mimi
13 years ago

I hope you get EVERYTHING you dream of! That house looks amazing.

Trina
Trina
13 years ago

I really, really hope that it all falls into place for you. You totally deserve it! I will be thinking positive thoughts for you.

Now, if we could only get this wishing stuff to work on winning the lottery (even though I never buy lotto tickets) that would be AWESOME! :)

Julie
Julie
13 years ago

Wow, you are doing it! We’ve dared to dream but are hogtied by a mortgage and the security of our city jobs. But you guys are DOING it! Fingers and toes are crossed, positive thoughts are flying your way.

mixette
mixette
13 years ago

Its the driveway from the other day! Hoping that’s the path that you’ll be flying down soon.

Lena
13 years ago

That house has Linda and JB written all over it. It’s practically yours already, I know it.

Kathryn (katiemagics)
13 years ago

Sending positive vibes your way!

kali
13 years ago

I think this leap is a good thing. Whether you land well or not, whether you struggle or not, the LIVING is important, not just as a human ‘being’ but as a human LIVING makes a difference in the quality of their own life and in the lives they touch as well.

If you ‘fail’ (odd word that, because if you learn from something, it isn’t a failure at all), you still have the memory. And then you can do it again, only better!

Jen
Jen
13 years ago

Visualize it, believe it, work hard toward it. I’m seeing you all there right now!

Erika
Erika
13 years ago

Ok, I know you don’t pray, but I do! So, I will pray that your two beautiful boys can call that yard their own!!! :)

.303 Bookworm
.303 Bookworm
13 years ago

Positive thoughts coming your way from downunder. And hoping I might find my equivalent here. (though I’m also looking at the size of the lawn and thinking you’ll need a bloody big lawnmower… uh oh….and some earplugs and maybe a blindfold as well for Dylan!

Ine Oroh
Ine Oroh
13 years ago

Good luck for you and your family Linda.

Michelle
13 years ago

Oh, I am ABSOLUTELY the wishing sort. Will wish on stars, eyelashes, yellow lights, the clasp on my necklace, white horses, ladybugs, and coins in fountains for you to get what you want. :)

Melanie
13 years ago

If that’s what’s at the end of the road, you deserve it. Make it happen. Take the leap.

jody
jody
13 years ago

wishing wishing wishing for you. everything you want for yourself and for your family…I hope you get it!

Cara
13 years ago

So lovely. Good luck!

Mama Ritchie
13 years ago

Gorgeous house! I’ll send good thoughts into the universe for ya!

Baking Mad Mama
13 years ago

Oh my, look at that amazing house. All my best wishes are with you guys!

Amanda
Amanda
13 years ago

Wishing so hard for you right now, SO HARD. Crossing fingers, even. (Only one hand, though. I heard both hands was unlucky. I don’t know why.)

Super Sarah
13 years ago

I am a serial lurker but this is one post I HAVE to chime in on. What you have been going through lately has really played on my mind, I think you have articulated what so many of us think and feel on a daily basis. That desperate struggle between getting by and coping and making do, versus actually taking that immeasurable risk and daring to believe that we could have what we have only dreamed of. God I hope your dreams come true!

maralina
13 years ago

a gigantic BONNE CHANCE, all the way from Paris!

Anna
Anna
13 years ago

Sending lots of hope, best wishes and VIEL GLÃœCK from Germany.

NancyJ
13 years ago

That is one beautiful house! All my positive thoughts are going your way today.

Jo
Jo
13 years ago

Good luck, positive thoughts and crossed fingers from New Zealand :)

nancy
nancy
13 years ago

Yes, yes, yes, positive thoughts for you! I just came in from a pretty good run and am thinking of doing a 1/2 marathon which I never would have considered if not in part for your blog! YOU GO, GIRL!

Shannon
13 years ago

Fingers (and toes) crossed for you! Gorgeous!

Christine
Christine
13 years ago

Totally sending you all my good vibes. What a stunning house. If you get in (on behalf of my good vibes natch) I’ll expect my invite in the mail.

Wow. Just wow.

Good luck!

Christine
13 years ago

*wishing*

Good luck, good thoughts, and many wishes for you from me.

Cristi
Cristi
13 years ago

Dreams can come true! We worked hard for several years and our dream came true. We were finally able to buy a larger home out in the country so the kids would grow up with plenty of room to roam.

Best wishes that your dream comes true soon!

Susan
13 years ago

Sending lots and lots of good thoughts your way.

Eric's Mommy
Eric's Mommy
13 years ago

Holy crap that is a nice house. There is no way in hell we could ever afford something like that. Go for it!!

K.B.
13 years ago

A series of seemingly unrelated events (some of them downright SHITTY) have led to a great thing happening to me recently. Without every single one of those crappy events, it wouldn’t have been possible to have come to where I am.

I hope all the fog & uncertainty & seemingly unrelated events are all conspiring to bring you something amazing, too. :)

K.B.
13 years ago

And, FYI, that house is a carbon copy (add a giant rock & a river out back, though) of a friend’s old cottage. That place had a certain magic about it. You never know, dude. You never know in life.

Melanie
13 years ago

Oh my goodness, good luck good luck good luck, Linda – that place is GORGEOUS. I have all my fingers and toes crossed for you. You really, really deserve it.

H
H
13 years ago

Sending you positive thoughts and wishing you good luck!

Sara
Sara
13 years ago

Being positive and working your ass off is a pretty winning combination. Here’s hoping that you make your dreams come true!

Niki P
Niki P
13 years ago

Oh WOW! Sometimes the stars to align and good things happen to good people. Now is your time. Best of luck!

Cobblestone
Cobblestone
13 years ago

Dear Cosmos,

There is this stunnning woman on the internet, with two awesome boys, and a super dad and they seem to be longing for a beautiful house that makes her blog entries hum with anticipation and desire. There will be more joy in the world if this works out just the way it should for her and her family. I humbly ask the cosmos for help in getting this great woman what she desires.

penne
13 years ago

I’d say you’re in the category of someone who deserves positive thoughts. Sending every one I can muster for you until this dream comes true. What a beautiful place to raise those boys and write your words. And look at all the stuff to jump from! Woo!