what is it like to feel Christmas-sy?
It is hard year after year to feel genuine Christmas-sy warmth and spirit.
The stores are truly maddening. Recently, a customer went insane on a manager of a department store because they had no original types of candy canes. Somehow this lack was this person's fault and the scene that ensued was described as something incomprehensible.
The wish I wish for everyone each year to have moments of profound joy, moments of magic, moments of quiet reflections, moments of contentment and love... of wonder and awe...
Finding a moment to just be happy and satisfied and relaxxed in the "hubbub" is no easy feat in this day and age.
This year I was sooooo much farther behind then other years... I just finished shopping this week... I have felt stressed and frankly depressed as well.
But I have found some moments too... while baking with my girls... and them be silly and with music on... I felt joy... when the Christmas cards were done and the envelopes licked... I felt satisfaction... when several of us worked together to pull off a fabulous party, I felt both friendship and love... the other night while the kids were in the dining room sitting at the table painting Christmas decorations, I sat in here in the family room alone, with the Christmas music on and reading the paper and several times I paused and thought ... this is nice... right now... this moment is nice...
When my neice offered to stand in the gift card line up for me and encouraged me to shop while she held my spot... I felt love again...
Then, a dear friend who just moved back to Nova Scotia this year, has been showering us with the twelves days of Christmas... she has been placing sweet loving gifts / treats on our doorstep and dashing off... stories, sweets, recipes, etc.... I have been overwhelmed by her spirit, her affection and generosity... she is like a Christmas Angel...
It is so easy to feel anger, frustration and the serious "bah humbug" feeling while sitting in traffic, while hunting for that sought out toy or gift, while in line-ups of cranky tired shoppers or when begin served by a confused clerk...
but that saying... don't sweat the small stuff must come into play... if you want to experience Christmas Spirit and moments of joy... you have to make a concerted effort and you have to reflect to find them too... or they will pass you by.
I wish these moments upon all my friends, familiy, colleagues, and every other person on the planet too...
Merry Christmas everyone! Enjoy it for it will flash by all too soon.
Love, Heather xo
1 comment:
As a stay at home mom, I'm used to having the malls pretty much to myself in the daytime.
I resent all these people who are normally at work coming into my space.
I look forward to having the malls to myself and the other SAHM and On Mat Leave Moms again.
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