A Merry and Colorful Christmas to you!

The presents are wrapped, the house is clean, the cookies for Santa are baked and the To Do list is dwindling to "Cooking for Christmas brunch". And watching the weather. And putting on our  Roll-With-It Vests. It seems we are having a bit of a winter storm, now rain to become snow at some point in the not too distant future. This does put a bit of a wrench into our plans, but the holiday isn't entirely controlled by us.   It's God's gift to us, so I have to trust that He knows what He's doing.

I can't say that I have been a big ol' bag of jolly this year. I get blue every Christmas. I know it's coming, and deal with it, but that doesn't change the feeling. Because of choices that we have made we live far from the family I was born into. I miss them and the traditions of my Connecticut childhood. It's not possible to have it all, so I try to fake it til I make it.

 I smile and list all the wonderful blessings that I do have.  Eventually the Dark Navy Blues fades to Cornflower, then Light Sky. I can manage Light Sky Blues. Hallmark commercials won't make me cry with Light Sky Blues. I don't want to sit on the sofa watching Happy Ending Lifetime Movies with Light Sky Blues. I can get on with my daily chores and responsibilities and life. I can be the happy mom decorating the house with silvers, reds and golds.

I know that without the Deep Navy Blues I can't appreciate life. I want to live a life of all the colors, the icky and the glorious. The rainbow of emotions is what make life interesting and comment worthy. It's how we learn and grow.

Today I wish you a day of  Warm Golds , Familiar Greens and Cheery Reds. I wish for you the color  of hope that  I see when I read this:


But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.



Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
 
 
Merry Christmas!!!!!
 
Love,
 
Susan