Same Old Same Old!!

We have been promised rain today, that is okay as we have our Christmas Party up in the dining room later today.   

The bus filled with those who wanted to ride around and see the Christmas lights.  I was lazy, didn't want to put my shoes on so I didn't go.   I hear the ride was wonderful and the homes well decorated and beautiful.   Lots to talk about and to enjoy as folks have gone all out to make the spirit of Christmas known.    Doris came with a plate filled with her homemade goodies and stayed for a cup of tea and some reminiscing.   It is fun to go back in time and relive some of the tales of Christmas time of years ago.   It is always a fun time to go back and remember some of the treasured family tales of a Christmas past.   Like Scrooge, we get to remember some of the high lights of a memorable Christmas as we talk about ornaments we treasured and still have.  The gifts we got during the depression years and counted ourselves lucky to get a pair of socks or a little box of candy from school.   Remembering the people and places of our lifetime as the memories bring back faces and places .  Walking out to pick out a real Christmas tree.   Dragging it home, cutting off branches from the bottom to fill in the 'thin' parts.   Hanging tinsel one piece at a time, no throwing bunches at the tree.   Holding a priceless ornament in your hand and listen, one more time, to its history.   Making fudge, and best of all the people in our lives over the years.  Folks we shared our time and love with, some gone but not forgotten, some still in touch  with a welcoming Christmas card and a note or two.   Oh yes, the Christmas letter, we all get them and , be honest now, really enjoy reading them.   We really are proud of all the accomplishments and glow in sharing and caring one more time the news from those who love us most.    How lucky we are to have friends, real true old friends we would never want to be without.   So ...my thanks to each and every one...may your Christmas be all you want it to be.  May you enjoy good health, which is so important;  a bit of wealth to pay those Christmas bills later;   an invitation or two to share in the champagne of life and do your best to be merry and bright.   Enjoy your traditions and bask in the memories.  Create new ones as you continue celebrating the holidays.     

We all have family that cannot be with us, don't groan and moan about it, pick up the telephone, or use one of your new gadgets to contact that someone who is far away.   You know they are not their in body but the sure are in spirit.    Make that call a gift all its own.  Take the time to say ...I love you....the best gift of all.    

So today, be good, be kind, be gentle.   Speak softly;  smile with your eyes;   lend a helping hand to a neighbor or friend....you can  do it so easily...why 'you' are a walking miracle...for no other reason than YOU are YOU....so go be YOU and make small miracles today.    Hugs to all.