How time has flown....I can't believe how big my babies have grown!! I miss them this way...sweet angelic...before those ugly teenage years started. There was an innocence and a joy...and an excitement that could not be contained at this time of year. These three may have grown, but I must say that their Christmas spirit remains strong!! I am trying to cultivate the spirit of Christmas in my heart...like the spirit of these three....then and now. I am trying to get past the things I am not able to do for Christmas this year....and concentrate on what I can do. I have talked to so many people lately...so many... who are stressed about Christmas gift giving because they just don't have the money to spend. They want to give...that's what Christmas is about...giving and showing love....but in these economic times, there just isn't much extra for that kind of thing.
So I am concentrating on what I can do. I can be happy and jolly and hope for the future. I can give love and hugs and encouragement and smiles. I can decorate the house and listen to the music and sing the carols and believe in that guy in the red suit...and the baby in the manger, who came to save us all. I can have hope for future Christmases and for the future of our world. Christmas may not be all I want it to be....but I believe that it will be as magical as any other because of the love and joy we all share.' Love and joy come to you, And to you glad Christmas too, And God bless you and send you, A Happy New Year,'
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
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