Wish List ✔

Ariel is sitting near the window of her bedroom. The sun is shining brightly making the waves of sea gleam like sparkles in ocean. Ariel is now watching the sea waves which are soaking the sands of Cockle Bay Beach with gentle swiftness. The sand, sea and seashells have been a part of Ariel's childhood because the Stuarts have lived near Cockle Bay Beach in Mitula Homes Villa, Darling Harbor Suburb for 24 years now. Ryan and Ariel have spent their childhood in the salty waters of Cockle Beach.

A smile makes a way on Ariel's face as she fondly remembers making sand castles and how she used to quarrel with Ryan whenever he spoiled Ariel's sandcastle.

Within a flash of seconds Ariel remembered how she and her brother Ryan loved collecting seashells and how fondly they played together in the seawater. As Ariel was thinking fondly about all the moments she had spent at the sea shore of Cockle Beach, a sweet smile played on her face.

Ryan at this very instant entered Ariel's room, and he saw Ariel looking at the sea and smiling simultaneously. Ryan cleared his throat to get Ariel's attention, and he spoke, ” So, what's up sissy? Wanna go outdoor ?”. Ariel meekly nodded her head in agreement. The brother sister duo then walked up to the Cockle beach.

Ryan's P.O.V starts....

I know that Ariel is reminiscing our childhood memories at the beach. I used to feel so happy in spoiling Ariel's sandcastles to annoy her and make her run after me in annoyance.

Time flies ....my baby sister grew up so fast, I wish I could bring back our childhood time so that I could live and grow with Ariel one more time.

I was 4 years old when Ariel was born, I could not understand why I had to share everything with this little girl all of a sudden. I hated whenever Ariel got the attention of our parents more than me.

Once out of jealousy I took 4 months old Ariel to the seashore when mommy and daddy were asleep. My silly 4-year-old brain had thought to keep Ariel on the seashore so that the mighty tide waves could take Ariel away with them. I kept Ariel at the seashore as planned. I had smiled to myself thinking that I will get rid of my sister who is snatching all the love which I deserve to get from our parents.

I started walking away from Ariel but then as I had moved a few steps ahead I heard Ariel crying, I turned, and I saw Ariel looking in my direction, stretching her little arms towards me, I wanted to ignore her, but then I saw small waves of water drenching Ariel and my heart rammed in my chest out of an unknown emotion . Furthermore, I ran towards Ariel, took her in my arms and I got her back home.

Mommy and Daddy were angry when they caught me with Ariel crying uncontrollably. Ariel was taken to the hospital due to high fever the next day. Ariel had caught pneumonia which was life-threatening, mommy and daddy told me that I will lose my sister because I was jealous and as a lesson God will call Ariel back to him.

So, I got anxious for reasons unknown, I prayed to god to heal Ariel and I promised god that I will never get jealous of Ariel and from that day onwards I loved Ariel beyond measure because that day God answered my prayers as he gave us back our angel Ariel . But today I know that I will soon lose Ariel to brain tumor and that makes me shudder with fear .

The only difference between my 4 yr old self and 22 yr old self is that I now know that the unknown emotion that terrified me when Ariel was fighting with Pneumonia and now with cancer is my love and affection for my baby sister Ariel.

I have now decided to live back all those childhood memories and to make some more new memories with Ariel and our parents, I will try to keep Ariel smiling until my little angel Ariel flies away in the sky.

Ryan's P.O.V ends....

Ryan was deeply immersed in his own thoughts when Ariel splashed some water on Ryan's face. Ariel giggled heartily after splashing water on her brother's face.

Seeing laughter on Ariel's face after a long time made Ryan's heart filled with warmth, and he smiled back watching Ariel's innocent beautiful laughter.

Then Ryan and Ariel walked for a few minutes, but then Ariel felt dizzy. Ryan got worried, but Ariel assured him that she was fine.

Ryan said, ”Sissy you are so brave, is there anything which I can do to make you feel better?”. Ariel thought for a second then she said,
“ Bro suggest me a way that now gives me pleasure, peace and that inspire others.

Ryan thought for a while then he said, ” Sissy you can make a Wish list for yourself, and then you can make a YouTube channel in which you can post videos of those wishes getting fulfilled, this will surely inspire people around the globe. People with terminal illness will get hope and inspiration to live the last days of their life with smile and happiness.

Ariel's eyes gleamed with happiness as she heard Ryan's idea, and she exclaimed, “Yes bro ! You are right this idea sounds great, you know Ryan, you are world's best brother “.

Ryan gave a sad smile in response knowing and accepting the harsh reality that he won't be a brother after Ariel's demise, but then he calmed the pool of sorrowful emotions building inside him by thinking that the wish list and wish list's virtual videos will keep Ariel virtually alive for him, their parents and everyone who loves Ariel.

After lunch Ariel sat with a paper and pen, she thought about what she could include in her wish list. After an hour Ariel was surrounded with several crumbled paper balls as Ariel was first scribbling on paper then she was crumbling that same sheet of paper into paper balls because she was not getting good ideas.

Ariel's P.O.V starts....

Making a Wish List is not an easy task. From an hour I am thinking about what should I write in the wish list.

It is again really strange, that when a person is living a healthy life he knits several dreams and aspirations but a person who is about to die can't even make a proper Wish List.

May be death has its own effect to numb dreams and wishes as a dying person thinks what good it will do to him and others as he will ultimately die in the end, wishes seems senseless when you know you will have to die and these wishes can't save you. But I now realize that these wishes won't save me from dying, but they will inspire others like me, they will make me happy, and they will be a way to eternal gift of memories from my side to my family, friends and loves ones.

Ariel's P.O.V ends ....

After that Ariel gave a deep thought about her liking, her aspirations which she wants to get fulfilled before she departs from the world.

For the rest of the day Ariel kept thinking about her wishes which she could get fulfilled before she dies. At night after dinner Ariel wrote a Wish List for herself with a pleasant smile on her face. After making the list Ariel felt a wave of euphoria as if her disheartened soul got a new hope and a new mission to fulfill.

A new positive energy filled Ariel's heart and mind as she glanced at the Wish List before dozing off to sleep.