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| ....Throughout this year when I have been asked , "how I'm doing". For the most part my reply has been .."really well," thank you for asking", Adding, "its felt like Christmas day at my home many times throughout this year." ...My 3 children and 7 grandchildren have made it this way, as they continue to remind me of what is truely important in this life, through their Love, Laughter, Play and Tears. What they give cannot be bought for any price. It comes in many forms, at many times throughtout the year, with seemly very little effort on their part. For example........a few weeks ago when my oldest son, daughter and granddaughter were laying on the floor playing chinese checkers. My granddaughter stopped me in my tracks when she looked up at me as I was busy trying to get ready for a date... ...and asked, "granma, will you play with me?" "Play with you", I responded ...as I picked her up...(I try to do this as much as I can, she is 6 now and there will soon come the time when I am no longer able to, a time when boys will replace ..granma...though she reminds me .."never completely ..granma") I carried her into the bathroom and placed her in the sink in front of the mirror. I reached for my makeup bag..as her face lite up...asking, "would you like to help me get ready?". We worked on our face's. We haven't done that in quite awhile. I have learned there is more to that question .."Will you play with me?". What is really being said is ..."Will you spend time with me?", "You are important to me" ..."I need you in my life." As my family has grown, alot has changed...especially for her this year. She has had to share her mommy and granma with her twin sisters, and share her granma with her boyfreind. At the same time she has become closer to her uncle Steve ..filling a great void they both have ...as they miss his children deeply. She turned 6 in November...as her birthday was approaching ..she said.."Granma, I think I'm going to cry on my birthday. This caught me off gaurd. When I asked, "why?". She said, "because I miss Hayley and Blakester so much". All I could say was, "thats okay, I will probably cry too". I believe Children are the greatest teachers we have. As mine have been for me. .....Christmas, a wonderful time of the year. For me, is not really about the presents, tree or lights..though these things can add to the celebration. It's a celebration of a Life and a Love that came into this world over 2000 years ago, and is very much alive today and with it comes a Hope, a Peace and a Light to the darkest day. A few years ago, I was sitting on my bed , Christmas day ..on the Mental Health unit of our Hospital . I had lost sight of my Hope, yet God was able to use my children and grandchildren to get me through that time...doing it through their Love, their Laughter, their Play and their Tears. If you have lost sight of your Hope....My Christmas wish for you is, God is able to use someone in your life, also....through their Love, Laughter, Play and Tears....to renew it. Merry Christmas...we can make it ...taking life ..One Day At A Time. |
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