Yes, once again the holidays are upon us. The stress, the budgets or lack thereof, the planning, the attempting to please everyone....Wow, just writing that sentence was exhausting. :)
Yet, this year I find myself very much in spirit. This is odd for me as since the kids all left home and I dont get to see their bright gleeful faces Christmas Day, I dont take as much pleasure in Christmas as I used to.
This year I haven't fretted over the exact item, the exact amount of money to spend on each kid, not even the planning of the actual day...I only want to be with all my kids and grandkids this year. I don't care about giving or receiving gifts. I only care about sitting around a fire, with some grandkids climbed up in my lap and enjoying their precious few moments of happiness they give me.
I vision hot cocoa and fresh baked cookies and older kids playing games at the table, conversations around the sectional, laughter throughout the house. I see memories being made and new traditions started....
I only want to be with the kids for Christmas and I want all of them to be happy that today is the day that God gave us and that this family is our blessing from God, The good, the bad and the ugly. I want their hearts to swell and feel all warm and cozy within their family unit.
I want to bless a family that can't enjoy these feelings this year. I would gladly share mine, but it's hard to enjoy someone else's happiness when your life seems so bleak. I want one family that really needs me this year and I want to give them that small spark that life and people are still good and hopefully inspire the hope that they have lost. I pray that God sends that family to me so that I can help them.
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