Please join me, pour yourself the biggest glass of wine and enjoy this last week of Christmas. I am not getting caught up in "getting done," this year, I am going to soak up every moment of the tree glowing, the music, holiday recipes, Christmas movies and let everything else just be. I am sure my husband will be nodding his head reading this, since just about every day he comes home to the house looking like a tornado with Christmas carols blasting and some sort of baking going on. He probably thinks I have gone crazy...maybe I have, maybe that's why I need the wine, or maybe I am just soaking up the Christmas spirit and trying to spread some. Hmmm, as I type, I have figured out my main reason for all this....My mom is 5,000 miles away this Christmas in Romania where they are gathering around the tree telling stories of Jesus' birth, reminding their kids to clean their boots for Father Christmas, roasting a pig (Ignatius.) In Romania, the Christmas gifts are sweets, fruit, nuts and pastries. The most important part of the holiday is Christmas caroling with the village. Can you imagine all this? Just today I had a TWENTY minute conversation with my husband about returning a doll to Target because I didn't think it was the right one that Lucy wants from Santa and he phoned me on location to figure out which one to bring home! Seriously, she is TWO...guess I AM caught up in some of the wrong US traditions. So tonight after I sang silent night and watched my two angels fall asleep, I decided to remind myself, (and all of you,) a little of what we are SUPPOSE to be enjoying during this season. I miss my mom, but I am so thankful that she is there with family, being surrounded by that kind of love that sometimes is no where to be found in this country. The wine has taken effect, tears are flowing, good night all, Merry Christmas.
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