Tanabata 2024

Tanabata has rolled around again! It seems hotter than ever as we think of wishes and celebrate with starry things and bamboo.

My daughter, now 6, is especially into Tanabata this year as it coincides with her ongoing interest in making paper “snowflake” decorations out of origami paper. I’ve been told I must leave her creations up until August.

We’ve also been ordered to make wishes, my husband and I at the request of our daughter and both my children at the request of their elementary school. Their wishes are mostly like an extension of their birthday/Christmas wishlists. My husband made my daughter choose for him, and she wished that he would come home early from work!

As for me, I don’t know where to start. I open up a news website or even a weather app and I can immediately see so many things that I wish would just stop. The world feels like it is in a bad place lately. 

 I told my daughter I’d like a lot of chocolate, though, and that would be something, anyway!

In any case, I hope you all have had a nice star festival!