December 8, 2004

• Awe…I AM loved!!   Thanks so much for reminding me why it is that I love Xanga so much!  You all are like a second family to me and lately I feel as if I’ve been neglecting you.  I’m sorry for that…but let me just say that all of those comments left for me yesterday made me smile so BIG!  Thank YOU very much for that!

  
  

  I‘ve said it many times that this season is magical…but it can also be very difficult for many.  I understand both sides of that coin…it is bittersweet for me.  Christmas is one of my all time favorite holidays…but in recent years it’s been associated with tragedy in my life and I’d lost the passion that I’d once had for this important day.  To be honest, seeing the play “A Christmas Carol” with Dora last Saturday reminded me of just how meaningful this time of year is.  There’s a sense in the air…a different ora is you will.  If you just open your heart and look at it all as if through the eyes of child…it brings a whole new light to the season.

  
  

  Last night when I got home after jaunting off to the store…I watched as Caleb got out of the car and was mesmerized by the Christmas lights decorating the front of our home.  I watched as he walked up to the moving illuminated deer in our front yard and gazed at them as if they would soon speak to him.  That was magic.  The look in eyes…that’s what Christmas is all about to me.  Seeing the joy in that little boys face as he discovers the season for himself.

  
  

  Who could ask or want for more than that?   To him, all of the so-called “hoopla” that we all go through every year for this holiday is an extremely awestruck sort of experience.  I tell you, if you’ve ever wondered what the joy of Christmas is…just look into my son’s eyes and there you’ll find it.

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