Game on! 'Tis the season for the moving and the shaking. I have loved this time of year forever, but not recently ... the last 5 have been so different though, and I vowed that I would get back to the "love" of it. Small kiddos and the holidays are stressful, and packed. I have always been sick this time of year with the worst cold evah! Then there's the pressure : Get this one a gift, find the right size for that one, keep this a surprise, help with this, gather for that ... it seemed like I was in a million pieces, never to find the foundation again. Not this year, though. It's different. I am different. They are different. This year I am enjoying the peace, the room, the magic of the season. It feels so good. So right. I am finding the time to look into their eyes, and wrap their sunshine in my arms. I love it. They are little, and it will only be a short moment of time that they are. I want to relish in that "little". I want to see it all through their eyes.
The kids and I have been talking an awful lot about the meaning of the Holidays, Santa included, but not the focus of the discussion. Religion aside, although we have discussed, they seem to grasp the concept of a few special gifts - not a load of "stuff". They chose a few things they *really* want and have stuck to that list. I like that. S and I are also looking at paring down .... special things, small things. But give you.
They are giving to me everyday. For some reason, I feel it more now than ever. They are excited, and anticipatory, and electric with possibilities. It's neat. And , it's different than before.
I love this time of year .... I just had to take some time off from it recently. :-)
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