This is my 50th post for Write Stuff as well as my one-year anniversary! I published my first article last New Year’s Eve! I remember it distinctly because New Year’s Eve was on Sunday and I told the husband and kids about my new writing gig over Sunday brunch at one of our favorite restaurants. As in years past, we stayed home that evening, preferring to enjoy a quiet morning out before the revelers hit the roads.
Tonight we will be snuggling in our cozy abode with a roaring fire and the white lights on the Christmas tree providing holiday ambiance for the last time before the tree, ornaments and other decorations are packed away on New Year’s Day in keeping with our tradition.
This is the time of year when we feel nostalgic and spend a few moments evaluating our journey thus far. I have never been one to make resolutions because I have a rebellious nature which means that I long to abandon those resolutions as soon as I decide upon them. Instead, I have learned over the years to make mini-resolutions on an ongoing basis — and not announce them to those around me!
As usual, 2007 seems, in hindsight, to have been both interminably long and to have elapsed in a nanosecond. Far greater writers than I have tried to analyze and explain the phenomenon we refer to as the passage of time with little or no success. But I’m confident that you can relate.
Appetizer
Name 2 things you would like to accomplish in 2008.
I plan to reach my ideal weight before December 31, 2008, and intensify and maximize my flute rehearsal and study time.
Soup
With which cartoon character do you share personality traits?
Lucy.
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Christmas Edition
Welcome to the very special Christmas Edition of the Carnival of Family Life!
I extend my thanks to each of the participants whose contributions have made this edition exceptional because of the thought-provoking, heartwarming, and memorable articles shared covering a wide breadth of topics.
It’s here! Finally, Christmas Eve has arrived.
For many Christians, this is the most important night of the year and tomorrow the most important day, arguably trumped only by Easter Sunday in some folks’ minds.
Does it seem to you like it has been Christmas for months? It does to me since many folks around town have had Christmas lights adorning their residences since Thanksgiving. And because I am a member of two bands that prepared for holiday performances, I feel like I have been playing Christmas music since . . . well, practically since last Christmas!
The older I get, the more I find myself feeling melancholy this time of year. Not maudlin, but definitely introspective. I have lived through so many holiday seasons now that I am — somewhat painfully — aware of all of the changes that have taken place in my life over the years. Perhaps the most difficult transition has been a completely natural one that most people will eventually experience: Sequeing into a more matriarchal, mature role within the family. My parents are both gone, as are my husband’s and brother-in-law’s. So we half-jokingly refer to ourselves as the “old folks.”
Gone are the days of shopping at Toys ‘r’ Us and playing Santa. These days, we ask questions like, “What should I get your girlfriend?” and traverse the fine art of celebrating at times that coincide with family members’ obligations to other families.
Keeping Christ in Christmas
An entry in the Group Writing Project sponsored by On the Horizon and The Next Step.
And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring [...]
