... it would be light outside at 5:30 a.m. into September instead of getting dark already in mid-August.

... the body didn't require sleep.

... my baby-sitting neighbor hadn't a.) grown up, and b.) moved away. 

... I could eat a heath/chocolate scone from Adirondack in Nisswa every day.

... my sister and her family lived closer to us. (This wish may someday come true!)

... school supplies and school clothes and school lunches were free.

... there were 36 hours in a day. (Maybe I could catch up on sleep!)

... I had a maid.

... all in the world was good and there was no bad.