This week’s Happy Friday!!! comes with very warm wishes for all of you out there in interwebs land. I sincerely hope you all had as blessed and joyful Christmas as we did. One of our favorite smiley moments came when we learned that my wife, our son, and I all bought each other the same CD for Christmas. It actually worked out, because our daughter got one, we got one, and our son got one.
Christmas always makes my head spin with memories… mostly good. There are a few recollections of Christmases Past that could be better left forgotten I suppose; both from childhood and adulthood. However, although such unpleasantries float through my thoughts from time to time, their importance is greatly diminished by what life brings to us these days.
Life is very good. As far as money goes, we are not rich; but we are wealthy in many ways.
Materially, I want for nothing. We exchange gifts of course, but in my case, socks and blue jeans are much more awesome than the latest gadget. I am very grateful to Santa for everything we’ve received, but the most important gift anyone could have is the love we share as a family. I would love to solve all the world’s problems and give EVERYONE what we have; but obviously that’s not possible.
With the arrival of grandchildren, our Christmas has changed over the years. Many times in the past, my Beautiful Girlfriend would insist that our kids spend the night with us Christmas Eve and enjoy what Santa brought the following morning. Of course, when our grandchildren came along our daughter and son in law wanted to start their own tradition. We very much understand the need for a family to have Christmas together; but my Beautiful Girlfriend was a bit reluctant to go along with that idea at first. However, she knew there was absolutely no argument that would hold water on that issue. Instead, they’ve blessed us with the ability to spend the night of the 23rd at their house and wake up for a gift exchange on Christmas Eve Day.
Did I mention life is good??
So the past several Christmases have found the three of us, my Lovely Bride, our son, and me, waking up on Christmas morning together to enjoy what Santa brings. After our traditional brunch of hominy with sausage, peppers, and onions served with two eggs on top; our son went to his house to be with his kitties while we spent much of the afternoon on the phone talking to relatives. Anybody remember the telephone?? Landlines they call them now. Sheesh…
Anyway, thanks to The People Upstairs for taking care of us mortals down here. We are very grateful. And thanks to all of you who read this!! The fact that anyone reads it is a blessing to me. If someone actually enjoys what I write, I feel very blessed indeed.
Peace, Love and Joy to you all; and thank you for being my friends. And just to prove that it really is me writing this: Please remember that it’s always better to be you than for you to be me; and although you can count to it, eight is a word.
Take care my friends!! See you next year!!
Here’s an oldie but a goodie… some Red Green Christmas spirit.