{"id":4149,"date":"2013-05-07T11:09:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T11:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2013-05-07T11:09:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T11:09:38","slug":"one-boys-wish-comes-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2013\/05\/one-boys-wish-comes-true.html","title":{"rendered":"One Boy’s Wish Comes True"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Atticus scores the winning goal in a game with the Portland Timbers.
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Fellow saint and sinner Paul sent along this heartwarming video about a boy whose wish came true. Eight-year-old Atticus in Portland, Oregon, loves soccer. He also happens to have cancer. One day he got his wish: to play the Portland Timbers; Atticus’ team, The Green Machine, took on the Timbers before a stadium of 3,000-plus fans who showed up just to watch Atticus score the winning goal– all this thanks to the work of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and its many supporters.<\/p>\n

Why wish for a game and not a trip to an amusement park? \u201cUsually kids just choose to go to Disneyland with their family or getting something,” Atticus explained. “I chose something that lots of people could do.”<\/p>\n

I wonder what the world might look like if we spent more time helping one another’s dreams come true, and then joining in the celebration.<\/p>\n

What do you wish for? Leave your answers below and I’ll share them.<\/em><\/p>\n