At five I wished on a candle stuck in a little soldiers head, impaled in the icing of a Victoria sponge cake. My wish was sent out to the universe to be granted and promptly forgotten, … as spur of the moment wishes often are.
If I had to guess, I expect it was to be allowed to strip off the icing, to eat it first. If so, it would not have come true. Today, at 64 I send out daily gratitude affermations. I thank the universe for the wonderful life I have now; and of course for saving my teeth.
This is for Charli’s Monday 99 word story prompt, you can read all the collection of stories > here <
P.S. I publish this on my first born’s birthday.
I would love to read your favourite best wish in the comments x
Ellenbest24 
Happy belated birthday to your first born, how do they grow up so fast? I also give thanks for having my teeth, in my line of work it is definitely a blessing 👄
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Or a neccessity 🧡😁
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At 64, having all our teeth is a blessing. Or I imagine it would be. I have a few less than ‘all’ but enough to get by with 😅
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How they survived the gobstoppers and aniseed twists I shall never know.
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😅
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How lovely!
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Thanks for coming x
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I don’t know what to think of the fact that we forget our B-day cake wishes. Are they just not that important after all? Or are we just ungrateful?
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Maybe just eager to blow, … then eat cake or just the icing 😁
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That could be it, too 😛
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I love the mix of nostalga and humour in your story. I wonder how I ate all those sweets as a kid but still have my own teeth 😉
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Sherbert is still my goto, phizzy pig tails and Tangtastics are like nectar to Bees.
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You should have your cake and the frosting foremost! You can always brush afterwards. I wonder what I might have wished for back when I did such things.
Is there a story to go with that little soldier candle holder?
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As you know, stories are found in all sorts things and places. The little soldier from the Royal household cavalry hides many secrets beneath his bearskin hat.
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What a lovely piece… of cake and flash! You know, I never had a birthday cake as a child. My family was different… let’s say. Anyway, my first birthday cake was made by my step-daughter who make the icing… with sugar, not powdered sugar. We laughed for years over that. What a great memory. ❤
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I love your memory we all had different things as we moved through different times Colleen.
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I think if we wait long enough all things eventually get resolved in one way or another. 😀 And that was a lovely way of saying it, Ellen. ❤
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That is an interesting thought about making a wish on blowing out your birthday candle – I did but also can’t remember a single wish. I wonder if your son will also make a wish. Happy birthday to him. I’m with you on the teeth. You don’t realise when you are younger just what lies ahead.
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My three, all made a blow at the candle every birthday, but ‘shhh! It’s a secret’ was always the response. Maybe they blew with such haste just to get to the icing 😁 we may never know.
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LOL
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Lovely cake, did you make it? I love icing too and all types royal, butter and soft white …. yum. Happy birthday to your son, my eldest is 48 years….how did that happen too?
As to wishes sometimes I still wish I could fly 💜
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We are Mum’s so already wear wings. Xxx
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That’s true shame they are Ostrich wings 💜💜💜
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I love icing, too and still own all my own teeth. Okay, they may have many fillings and a few chips, but they’re mine – all mine. That tooth-fairy feels very hard done by, by me.
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Me too Hugh, an Icing girl all the way. 😉
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Can I tempt you to an iced slice? Very popular in my part of the world.
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I share with you Hugh, you can have the cake bit 🤣
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Happy birthday to your first born. And may you both enjoy many blessings and good wishes into the future 🙏❤️
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Thank you Miriam, he will hopefully have many more than me 😊 but he is 43 and I just don’t know how that happened. 😁
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