For the past few years I have participated in a bloggy style Christmas Tour of Homes. It is great fun and a neat way to peek into the lives and homes and traditions of other bloggers like myself.
This year is no different,I will participate tomorrow, but I wanted to forewarn you. My decorations are scaled back this year. We have the big tree, my child has a tree, the mantle is decked and there are bits and pieces of Christmas here and there...but nothing like years past.
I want to be more festive, I just haven't been able to get to that place inside of my head yet. I am far behind in the shopping for gifts, I have long since run out of gift ideas for those I love and quite frankly the whole thought of it is overwhelming and exhausting. I sound whiny...but I really am not. I am not complaining... just stating some fact...I don't feel the Christmas yet.
This afternoon, after a wonderfully long nap, I sat and caught up on some of my favorite blogs. This post by Beth Moore struck a chord with me. Now, granted, she is recovering from surgery and not really able to decorate and shop and such, but her thoughts on a simpler celebration moved me. Perhaps that is what my heart has been shouting to me this season. Maybe I have subconsciously cut short the decorations in order to help my already cluttered heart and mind focus on the real meaning of Christmas year.
So tomorrow, when you see my Christmas house tour, please keep in mind that although the garland and ribbon and sparkle is at a minimum around here, I am hoping the truth of Christmas will be more in focus and decking our halls more this season than ever before.
Living Happily in the Holiday Momenst!
Beverly
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