People ask me what I want for Christmas and I tell them......
This time of year I always seem to be able to take a step back to look at everything that we have achieved. Everything from making it a another year around the sun, to raising kids safely another year. Everything seems to come into a type of clarity that I seem to be able step away for a minute and simply observe my kids interacting with each other, or the love that me and my husband still seem to have 10 years later. It does however come with its own set of challenges, not just the gift buying or the many crazy weekends and family get togethers.
People always ask me what I want for Christmas and they never seem to believe me when I say I don't want anything but a card to show that you were thinking of me. It has been said every Christmas "It is the thought that counts." I really feel this is the true meaning that we are ment to be celebrating. Not the amount we spend on gifts or what we receive, but the card that you get from each person showing that they are thinking of you. The time they put in, to stop from their busy days to think about you and wonder "How are they doing?" The time from their family to think of yours, and to send a card to say Hey! I am thinking about you, and I care about you. To me that has a much grater effect than to give someone a gift that they neither want nor need. Adults don't need gifts we are capable of getting ourselves what we need and sometimes what we want. We have that ability to make that choice to figure out how we are going to get it. Christmas is about being with those you love, being able to spend that time with them and truly be in the moment. To talk and catch up, to find out what has made their year such a fantastic year. Hearing my nieces screaming with joy not because they are opening a gift but because they are having such a fun time playing with Uncles and Aunty's, nieces and nephews. All these things are the gifts that we give that are most important. I have come to the realization that a gift is not something you open, but rather something that happens to you. Family making a meal for each other is a gift, Family time is THEE gift of the season. One of the most important gifts you can give some one this year is the gift of your time being spent with them to show that you care, and are always there to listen and be there for them. Even on the days when you are to far apart to be together we find ways of closing that distance to have that Christmas time with friends and family.
SO when you ask me what I want for Christmas? I want good times with friends and family, great food, intriguing conversation, laughter, and most important smiles. Those are the gifts I love the most, besides the home made Christmas cards that my kids make every year. I love those! Do you know what the first present is for me? The Family time we get when we all want to do the same thing and decorate the tree! Those small little times with just me, my kids and the hubby being nice to to each other. Then standing up and looking at our tree knowing it is a representation of us as a family. So next time you go to a friends home this season have a good look at their Christmas tree, and try to see all the memories made.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours!
People always ask me what I want for Christmas and they never seem to believe me when I say I don't want anything but a card to show that you were thinking of me. It has been said every Christmas "It is the thought that counts." I really feel this is the true meaning that we are ment to be celebrating. Not the amount we spend on gifts or what we receive, but the card that you get from each person showing that they are thinking of you. The time they put in, to stop from their busy days to think about you and wonder "How are they doing?" The time from their family to think of yours, and to send a card to say Hey! I am thinking about you, and I care about you. To me that has a much grater effect than to give someone a gift that they neither want nor need. Adults don't need gifts we are capable of getting ourselves what we need and sometimes what we want. We have that ability to make that choice to figure out how we are going to get it. Christmas is about being with those you love, being able to spend that time with them and truly be in the moment. To talk and catch up, to find out what has made their year such a fantastic year. Hearing my nieces screaming with joy not because they are opening a gift but because they are having such a fun time playing with Uncles and Aunty's, nieces and nephews. All these things are the gifts that we give that are most important. I have come to the realization that a gift is not something you open, but rather something that happens to you. Family making a meal for each other is a gift, Family time is THEE gift of the season. One of the most important gifts you can give some one this year is the gift of your time being spent with them to show that you care, and are always there to listen and be there for them. Even on the days when you are to far apart to be together we find ways of closing that distance to have that Christmas time with friends and family.
SO when you ask me what I want for Christmas? I want good times with friends and family, great food, intriguing conversation, laughter, and most important smiles. Those are the gifts I love the most, besides the home made Christmas cards that my kids make every year. I love those! Do you know what the first present is for me? The Family time we get when we all want to do the same thing and decorate the tree! Those small little times with just me, my kids and the hubby being nice to to each other. Then standing up and looking at our tree knowing it is a representation of us as a family. So next time you go to a friends home this season have a good look at their Christmas tree, and try to see all the memories made.
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