So many things to think about this time of year and so many events to go to I get tired thinking about it all. The shopping lists are long and the plans are many to make. Lets all take a moment and decide what we will do and where we will go. It’s really okay if we don’t get to it all.
The Holiday season is a time to enjoy the ones you love and not wish for it to be over. I’ve heard so many people already say “boy I’ll be glad when Christmas is over”. This is so sad to me that the one time of the year we need to just stop and enjoy our friends and family we are wishing it away. Take the time to sit down with your family and decide on budget, what events are important for you to enjoy and how you will spend the next few weeks. Don’t be pressured into running around from place to place and not spend quality time with the ones most important to you.
It’s December 1st and the count down to the big day is well underway. We are all thinking okay this weekend we have to do this and we have to go there. All the while we are over looking the special moments that are happening right before our eyes. What if each member of the family picked one thing to do that was important to them and that was all you did as a family. I promise the world wouldn’t come to an end. It’s very hard to tell someone, “so sorry I can’t come to your party but we have other plans.” Even if those plans are to sit on the couch and drink hot chocolate while watching a movie, time with your family can never be a bad thing.
I believe we are all so scheduled to death. Every day, time, minute and moment of our lives are put to a time frame. What if the best gift your family got from you this holiday was the gift of time. Time and moments to spend talking, playing games or just resting, what a special gift that they will remember. No hustle and bustle, no running here and there and no hurry up we are going to be late. WOW what a gift!
I love the holidays and all the parties but I love my family more and I want to soak up time with them. I don’t want to miss one moment of my grandson growing up or my children making new traditions in their adult lives. I want to hold hands with my husband and lay on my bed talking to my best friend Karen. I want to turn off all my alarms and wear my PJ’s all day while I paint. I want to cuddle with Cooper while we watch a movie and he snores. All of these things mean so much more to me than shopping and running from place to place. I will attend parties but my attention will be on my family first.
Take the time to look at where you are for the holidays. Plan for those parties but most of all plan the time to do things with the ones you love. Sleep in and wake up with a full heart. I’m pretty sure that my holiday will be a very Blue Happy holiday if I make plans to enjoy my holiday instead of wish it away. Have a very Merry Blue Happy month.
