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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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What do I want for Christmas?

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As I looked back on pictures and lists from years past, I realized something kind of amazing.  What I want this year is nearly identical to the list I created two years ago….

  • A season full of good health.
  • A New Year bursting with joy.
  • To get through the week before Christmas without the annual “Family Christmas Fight”. (that would be the one where I nag and nag and nag until I explode and screech that “everyone needs to pick up their crap because company is coming and I am not a maid and I want to enjoy this blessed season too dammit!”)
  • I want to carve out some time with those friends we only seem to get to see once or twice a year. We may not see them very often, this doesn’t mean I don’t think of them always. A few hours with them is enough to fill my heart with joy.
  • I hope to find some time to see the magic of Christmas through the eyes of my children and my SassyNephew. Thanks to his four year old sweetness Santa lives on forever more.
  • I hope for one, just one decent family picture.
  • I pray for healing and peace as we reflect back on family members not with us this Christmas.
  • I want to make paying it forward a priority, and to continue to teach my girls that this is one of the biggest gifts we can give ourselves.

Yes, on my Christmas list, everyone finds their own joy.  My girls are happy, surrounded by armloads of sweet friends.  Everyone is healthy and we continue to laugh bigger laughs and dream bigger dreams than ever before.

 What do I want for Christmas?  Well, everything I already have, just some time to take a deep breath, say a big thank you, and enjoy it.

Wishing you all the best the season has to offer, and none of the stress, mess or icky stuff.

I’m taking a much needed Christmas break to spend time with my loves.
Peace and love and the biggest of hugs. xo

Happy Holidays!

Mwah

    • Comments

    1. I think that is a true-to-heart, pure wishlist of life’s greatest joys. We all get too caught up in the retail side of Christmas, but deep down this is what we all want for our families.

      • How lovely, that is exactly what I was trying to say. Hope you and yours had a beautiful Holiday season!

    2. I hope you had a great Christmas, that you are enjoying the holidays and that all your wishes come true. 🙂

    9. What we really want can’t be bought and wrapped in Christmas paper can it! I hope you get your Christmas wishes. Merry Christmas!

    12. Happy Holidays! I love that picture – it’s beautiful 🙂 I think your puppy has grown some since then!

      • Thank you and you are so right! You won’t believe the picture the updated picture. I “re-enacted” the one above. That pup is huge now 🙂