A Silent House...
Hello All,
First off I hope that all of you are doing well and recovering from your Thanksgiving Day feasts. Things went lovely for us here, with a lot of good food, and even better time spent with those that we love very much. Today was spent at the local Christmas tree farm with my little ones hunting down the "perfect Christmas tree." A hunt that we most enjoy every year at the same time. We ran around and looked at every single tree in the entire place (and this was no small tree farm folks), proof that you should never give a five and seven year old that much variety. After what seemed like hours, and actually was, we settled on an eight foot monster that is indeed perfect. They shook it out, trimmed it up, and bagged it. We got it loaded and brought it home, where I waited with closed eyes to see if it was actually going to fit in the livingroom or be too large. I tell you, there isn't more than a half centimeter between my angel's head and the ceiling, but it fit. After a hearty lunch we attacked with ornaments in hand and three or so hours later we came out with many empty boxes and a beautifully decorated tree. Its a hodge podge of memories all jumbled together and hanging on the branches of the evergreen wonder that we brought home today. Christmas is a wonderful time, but also a time when I seem to revisit those that I have loved and lost over the years so I am a little melancholy tonight. All in all it was a very good day, and now as the house lies silent and the kids are all snuggled asleep in bed I can take the time to say thank you to all those that have touched my life over the years, the ones that I miss the most, the ones that I will always love, and I will always hold their memories close to my heart.
Love,
Linda
First off I hope that all of you are doing well and recovering from your Thanksgiving Day feasts. Things went lovely for us here, with a lot of good food, and even better time spent with those that we love very much. Today was spent at the local Christmas tree farm with my little ones hunting down the "perfect Christmas tree." A hunt that we most enjoy every year at the same time. We ran around and looked at every single tree in the entire place (and this was no small tree farm folks), proof that you should never give a five and seven year old that much variety. After what seemed like hours, and actually was, we settled on an eight foot monster that is indeed perfect. They shook it out, trimmed it up, and bagged it. We got it loaded and brought it home, where I waited with closed eyes to see if it was actually going to fit in the livingroom or be too large. I tell you, there isn't more than a half centimeter between my angel's head and the ceiling, but it fit. After a hearty lunch we attacked with ornaments in hand and three or so hours later we came out with many empty boxes and a beautifully decorated tree. Its a hodge podge of memories all jumbled together and hanging on the branches of the evergreen wonder that we brought home today. Christmas is a wonderful time, but also a time when I seem to revisit those that I have loved and lost over the years so I am a little melancholy tonight. All in all it was a very good day, and now as the house lies silent and the kids are all snuggled asleep in bed I can take the time to say thank you to all those that have touched my life over the years, the ones that I miss the most, the ones that I will always love, and I will always hold their memories close to my heart.
Love,
Linda