Here is my self-indulgent list of the 13 things I want for/about myself for Christmas to make me a better person. (Ya, okay, there are a couple purely superficial things).

1. I want my husband's outgoing, "doesn't know a stranger" personality.
2. I want my mother's strength and consistent faith.
3. I want my daughter Christy's helpfulness (she can always just see what needs to be done and jumps right in).
4. I want my son Justin's confidence and sense of self.
5. I want my daughter Shantelle's beautiful eyes and her enthusiasm.
6. I want my son Bradley's humor. He says and does some of the funniest things!
7. I want my friend Linda's ability to write things people really want to read. (visit her blog at www.2nd-cup-of-coffee.blogspot.com )
8. I want my friend Debbie's calm kindness.
9. I want my friend Jackie's inquisitiveness.
10. I want my daughter-in-law Amira's eye for decorating (houses, cakes, you name it!)
11. I want my nephew and his wife's heart for the innercity.
12. I want my old body back- like it was at 18 or 22 (not 21, I was very pregnant) okay, or even at 39! Back when the scales weren't my archenemy and everything was still in it's rightful gravity unaffected place.
13. I want someone else's hair. You know, the thick, full kind that you can wear up or down and in several different styles without ever visiting the beautician ( a far cry from my thin, fine, limp stuff - I do like my color though, well, at least the color those nice Clairol people let me make it!