We pull out all the goodies from the past year.
Deveraux remembers and delights, Bobo does not but still delights!
but I also want to have them to pull out each year, so I feel a bit protective.
They are special, but not scared (I need to remember) yet also teach how to hold tings precious.
We misplaced Mary, but now she has been found.
Now the wise men are missing...maybe they are traveling
Bobo came up to me with two of our Christmas stockings on...his feet (of course, they are stockings)
Then he tried bouncing a basketball ornament, only to find mama and dada cleaning up the broken pieces
I have two broken Advent candles
One night a slide made of a couch pillow created a divot in the bottom of the tree...mama was not happy and all was not calm and bright!
What do I want from Christmas this year?
of course, I want all the memories.
I want crafts, goodies, treats for neighbors, meaning, prepared hearts, popcorn strings, gingerbread men, giving hearts, and fun Christmas events.
I also want moments. I want to not be as consumed by my normal tasks at hand. I want to take this season as an "excuse" to be with my kiddos in meaningful ways.
So how do I not make that a pressure to "make" the moment count and just "do the thing" so "we did it"?
Well I pray.
I remind myself each day.
I look for small victories and celebrate those.
I roll up my sleeve's each day and begin again with hope in my heart.
And I allow myself to be taken into the magical story once again with a freshness...
that the God of the Universe came to us as a baby.
The wonderfully familiar creative real story that we get to celebrate what was and what continues to be...
God with us.
Emmanuel.
(Jesus visits May and Martha)
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