Season

Join Maxine and have your first cup of morning coffee....aah.......

A lovely picture from Wendy over there in Japan where the leaves are colorful and have a beauty all their own.

Winter has a special beauty all its own.   Time to get out the old flexible flyer and find a hill . . . winter . . .ah!!  

If you have time to sit awhile, turn on the television and turn on the Hallmark channel and watch a few Christmas movies.  Guaranteed to put you in the Christmas spirit.  Daughter Christine invited me over to her house yesterday to watch the movies and I put my feet up, cuddled the little black cat who decided to watch a movie with me and we had the luxury of a restful, peaceful fun afternoon.  I took Christine out for a big fat juicy hamburger as a treat and we stopped to see the baker and those little Christmas trees he makes for this season.   They are all chocolate and very cute, really pretty, and do make a lovely gift.   We put our order in.  So when I finally made it back to the apartment the ladies were out walking the hall and stopped to have a word. They came in to see how the puzzle was coming along and one went home with a puzzle to do .    I am lucky for I have a puzzle board son John gave me a few years ago.   It has been wonderful and well used.  

Like you, I have things to do and keep thinking about them but so far haven't gotten much ahead of the game.    I ran out of wrapping paper.   I haven't hit my stride yet and the spirit of Christmas has not hit yet.    It is coming.  I am just moving slower this year.    I said that last year and the year before, but time has a way of making us step up and move on.    Today...store...ribbon...paper.....tape.....I know, you are getting dressed and heading out the door.....wait for me!!!!  

Don't forget your list;  you only think you will remember everything on it....don't count on that!!  Be a scout and be prepared....smile.  Oh!!!!  don't forget some loose change for the little buckets..it all adds up to make a little holiday spirit for those in need.    Don't forget the trees with the names of those who are in need for a small gift.  Take time to find the perfect gift for that person who has no one . . . there are many out there.  YOU have so much. . . they have so little....so be a Mother Teresa and show some generosity, kindness, and love....YOU can do it and smile while your doing it.

While you are at it, stop by your church and light a candle in remembrance of those we loved and lost over the years.    Out of sight but never out of mind.     It is all right to light a candle for those who have a hard time just living; so many with crosses to bear, the likes of which we never see or feel.    There is an old adage about walking in someones shoes to realize just what that person is going through.   Each of us needs and wants that lift in spirit to help us move on out of the shadows into the bright sunlight ad get on with our lives.  Christmas is the time.....Christ In Christmas . . . the answer to many prayers.   Be YOU, be good, be kind, be generous to a fault.  Share your smiles and a few tears if you have to.   Remember you were always told to carry a handkerchief.     Now you know why.

Be YOU today...the kind generous loving person who brings a smile when you walk into a room.   Go....do good deeds and the Christmas spirit will haunt you for the entire season.....a haunting that will make you feel alive and grateful.    Hugs to all.