Welcome to the Wish Big Giveaway Hop, hosted by Mama the Fox!
There are so many variations of the old saying about being careful what you wish for. Pretty much all of them have a sting in the tail, in the same way that “May you live in interesting times” is a curse and not a blessing.
Most of the versions of the quote go something along the lines of “Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.” But I found a couple of interesting ones that I hadn’t seent before, and now that I’ve read them I can’t un-see them.
Terry Pratchett had one. Of course he did. Sir Terry had so many great lines spread out over all the Discworld books. Pratchett’s variation goes, “Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening,” which was certainly true in the Discworld.
And also leads to my other favorite variation, the one that goes, “All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.” Combined with another more famous quote about science fiction, that “The Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve,” it makes for a really frightening thought!
There are no frightening wishes here, so if you wish to fill out the rafflecopter below, you might get a wish – or at least a wish for a $10 Amazon Gift Card or $10 in Books – granted.
If you are wishing for more chances at more prizes, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!
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I wish for a safe & healthy year.
Precious time with family on a holiday together.
My biggest wish it to find a home to buy!
Health for myself and family.
Getting a new job that pays better.
good health for my family.
Good health for my family and friends.
Good health and the chance to travel. Thanks.
To Have a big Library to hold all my books and bonus it would magically receive all the new releases that I want as well!
My biggest wish is to find out the root cause of my pain.
I want COVID-19 to end.
My big wish for this year is for my hubby to get and stay healthy.
That my wife fully heals.
I am wishing to find a new job!
The end of the pandemic.
my biggest wish is good health for the family
My biggest wish for this year is for my family to be happy 🙂
I hope that I get to spend a lot of time with my family this year.
Better health for my loved ones!
My wish for this year is good health for our family.
My main wish: Improved health for my loved ones and me.
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
To buy a new flat.
Wishing for a Healthy Year for family and friends
That my daughter will walk again.
I wish to be happy and healthy. Thanks for the giveaway. 🙂
For my family and I to be healthy and happy.
For life to get back to normal.
good health for all
For this year I hope we reach the end of the pandemic.
My biggest wish for this year is to get back into writing and hopefully publish a book or two before the end of the year
To find a house
My biggest wish for the year is to make my kids happy and make memories! Thanks for the opportunity and good luck everyone!
For my new job to become an actual library job and not the craziness it is this school year.
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To adopt a dog.
My biggest wish for this year is that our 7 month old grandson receives his kidney transplant and can be off dialysis.
My biggest wish this year is to be able to afford dental treatment for a bad tooth!
That we’ll be able to finish our renovation of our home that we’ve been saving for for many years.
My biggest wish is for our health (my health hasn’t been that great).
My biggest wish for this year – and any year , really – is for good health for our family, friends, and everyone, everywhere.
I wish happiness for my kids.
My biggest wish is for Covid to be over!
I wish for the virus to go away
My biggest wish is that we can get back to normal this year
My wish is for happiness
I’m wishing for a chance to take a trip to NY to see my 86 year old grandfather and other family and friends!
My biggest wish for this year is to be happy and healthy.
I wish for a happy and healthy year for family and friends.
I wish for good progress in everything.
To stay healthy
I wish for all to be healthy.
My biggest wish is for improved health.
I wish that we can go on our trip to New Mexico in July.
Thanks for the contest.
Health and happiness for family.
I wish COVID-19 would end because I know so many people that have died from it.
Our house burned down a few years ago and my biggest wish is to finally have a new home.
My big wish is to end this inflation!
Better health
I have two big wishes for this year.
1 – to get my health back in control and
2 – to go to CA to see our daughter (been way to long since we have seen her)
Peace and harmony.
My wish for this year is to get a better grip on my health so I can become the person I use to be for my family.
My biggest wish for the year is to take a vacation so need it.
I wish to be able to travel safely.
That my sister does well in rehab and completes the year long program. I took her to rehab on September 24th and we’ve had her kids living with us since that day.
I wish that I would hit the lottery.
Adjusting finally to life after grief & feeling lost.
I wish for happiness for my children.
My biggest wish is that my middle son will safe and well.
I wish the pandemic was over so I could travel again.
My biggest wish- for this year- is to regain some energy and vitality.
My biggest wish is to spend as much time as I can with my grandson this year.
I wish to be able to travel safely again
I wish for good health for my family and friends.
I am wishing for creative and positive to deal with the difficulties that inflation on food and gas is causing our family.
My biggest wish is to end covid-19.
I wish to be happy.
My wish is to be healthy.
A new home for my family.
Being healthy and able to go back to “normal”.
My biggest goal (I don’t wish) for the year is debt freedom.
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to lose weight and get healthy
My biggest wish for the year is that we are able to travel and spend more time with our family.
My wish is to be able to continue doing the things that I love.
For good health for my family
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A happy and healthy lifestyle!
One of my biggest is that more people turn back to God and Purity instead of away from him and into sleaze. Thanks and God bless!
For more peace!
My biggest wish for this year is continued good health.
that i can afford to live
My biggest wish is for my loved ones to be healthy. We have had a few scares this month.
I wish to find a great job.
My wish is to maintain my health.
To be able to save up enough money to adopt a cat before next New Years.
I wish the future gets significantly better.
I wish there would be more love and tolerance in the world and less hate.
I wish that my son has a successful year at college.