I can think of two little reasons you have to have Christmas anyway. :-)
This Christmas is more stressful than most, I understand that and certainly the atmosphere of the world is not the best it has been so that leaves a lot of things to be desired.....on top of that, money is scarce, people are all buttheads and retards fighting over stuff and being rude. 'Sigh' makes me wonder why we even still celebrate Christmas...............
and then I remember.............
It isn't about what you have or don't have, it isn't about gifts, or food or decorations and wrappings and bows and lights. It isn't even about Santa Claus or the Grinch or Rudolph! What it is about is surviving because we have been given a gift and it is up to us to make the best of it. Our children are the hope for a different world one day, where this season will be celebrated with honor and compassion and joy and true peace, not lies and huge corporations making themselves rich off us idiots who run our credit cards to the max and end up paying for one years gifts for 3 years!!
I think what so many of us don't think about is that Christmas is a time of reflection on people and things that are gone and we need to think about the past and remember some of the lessons we were taught by those we loved and are now gone.
I light candles for my loved ones who are gone and that is my way of saying to them.....'you are remembered in our home and in our hearts and you are here with us in spirit, never forgotten, still a part of our holidays.'
Then I look at my daughter and see all the reasons I put up with the migraines and the disappointments and the setbacks and debt and the late nights and hardships.......because of LOVE.
Sit down, have a glass of whatever 'booze' you might have around and just relax (do this after the little ones are asleep lol) and think of seasons past where you had good times and bad and think about those who are special to your heart. It helps to remember all those things and keep them close to share with your children as they grow up....so that they will continue the tradition. They learn love at your feet, never forget that and they will hold it in as much esteem as you do.
Being a parent is a hard job, sometimes we have to choke back all the emotional feelings and let downs we experience to be strong for them. But in the long run, it teaches them that no matter how bad things get, you survive and you continue..because life is a gift.....a gift of Love.
Inspiration
