Wish Ribbons

The other activity that they had at GOMA was a wall of 'wish ribbons'.  The idea was that you read the ribbons and find one that speaks to you.  The ribbons are then worn around your wrist.  If you can't find your wish, then there was paper that you could write it on and stick in the wall.  There were wishes that made you laugh and wishes that tore at your heart.  Ty wanted a wish that said;

"I wish I had a tail to show my emotions"

Levi spent an inordinate amount of time looking.  This is made harder at the moment as he can only read some of the words on any ribbon.  Finally I asked him what he wanted and eventually wrote it on a paper for him to stick in the wall.  Levi's wish?

"I wish my brother didn't die"

I wonder sometimes how much Levi thinks about Frankie.  We don't talk about him a whole lot but that said, it isn't a taboo subject either.  He never met him and they are very different children.  The last time that we talked about him would have been several days before.  I hadn't mentioned him that day and yet up pops this wish.  It makes me think that perhaps that really is his greatest wish and that perhaps Frankie sits just below the surface for Levi as well as for me.  I think that he misses what he sees in his friends.  He misses having someone there to play with all the time and he misses the comradeship that he sees in Luke and Nate.  This is just me surmising.  I don't know what he wants from his wish but I do know one thing:

My greatest wish would be to grant my son's greatest wish