Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

As Christmas Eve quickly approaches, and I'm yet again sick with lots of time to dispose of the creative ideas in my head, I would like you to know that I, instead, have chosen to write you a letter.

I'd like to write in the name of my daughter who is 16 months old and not yet alphabetized. Because I'm the one writing on her behalf, I'll list the things I feel she would like to receive tomorrow:

• thirst for knowledge


• ever-grateful heart to appreciate how lucky she really is


• understanding that her abandonment was the best thing that could have happened to her (and me)


• acceptance of all that she is


• integration of charged emotions that eventually lead to LOVE


• see herself in the eyes of every being she comes across


• courage to follow her dreams


• wisdom to discover her innermost values


• bravery to live congruently to those values


• a life full of lessons, discoveries & inspiration


• desire to serve

... I think that's it for this year

I'll be in touch again next year.

Yours faithfully,

Camile Araujo