Christmas in the Present
I've been thinking. Maybe it is my age. Or the fact that for the past 2 or 3 days I have had the time to slow down. Whatever the reason, I have found my self taking a little trip down Memory Lane. For those of you who have lost someone, that is a road that can be sad, bumpy, and difficult. But for me, this time anyway, it has been okay. Quite good, even. My kids seem to have joined me, and are doing well too. As a friend said to me yesterday, maybe it means there has been more healing in my heart. I don't know the reason, I just know I feel happy, and like a fog has lifted, and I will take it! I don't know how Christmas looks at your house. As I have aged, I have learned it looks vastly different in different homes. Some people wrap Santa gifts, some don't, some don't even do Santa. In my house, the bigger the tree the better. When I was a girl, Santa brought my tree (my poor parents!!!). My mom also baked a TON of cookies! Sometimes we or