Friday, December 26, 2014

Slowing Down The Season















































































































































































































































































































































I hope this finds your heart full of happy moments from the last few days.  Our Christmas was very quiet this year but still special for us.  Our daughter had some surgery last week and is in a slow recovery stage.  I've spent most of my nights feeling like I have a newborn instead of a twenty year old.  I've gotten up every three hours to give pain meds and encouragement.  Some nights have found me in bed with her, holding her hand and staying all night.  I see progress everyday and know that in a couple of weeks she will be feeling more like herself.  We postponed all family gatherings until after Christmas so I spent the last couple days cooking and baking for our immediate family.  We watched movies and spent some great quality time together.  I don't know about you but I'm not ready for this season to be over yet.  I was on pinterest this morning and people are already pinning Valentine projects.  There is such a rush to move on to the next holiday, quickly forgetting this one. Well that's not for me.  The decorations will stay up awhile longer and the carols will still be playing. I will marvel in the birth of our Savior and enjoy the twinkling of lights from the tree.  I'm purposefully slowing the season down.  Life is fast enough on it's own and I'm not going to get swept up and miss out on these moments.  Have a wonderful and peace-filled weekend, enjoying each moment you've been given!

10 comments:

  1. I sort of agree about not rushing the holiday. My next door neighbor already took down his Christmas lights. Christmas is supposed to be the START of the season, and now they are selling Valentines before it is even over. My biggest pet peeve about this issue is the radio Christmas music. They start playing it continuously before Thanksgiving (sometimes as early as Nov.1) and then on the 26th, "poof," no more. Instead of enjoying a whole festive season between now and New Year's, they've decided it is all about buying presents and when that is over, that's the end of everything. It's so sad.

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  2. I agree. The season does seem to come and go oh so quickly, and then return before we know it in this fast paced world of ours. I try and take one day at a time as we never know what the next may hold! But its such as it should be when we know the one who holds all time in his hands. Saying a prayer for your daughter's recovery. May God's blessings abound in the new year.

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  3. Normally I would be rushing around taking down Christmas decor, but I've got a friend coming right before New Years so I may just leave it up. It is snowy today so we are just relaxing inside. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs, Noreen

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  4. I am keeping the lights and decorations for at least another week, It was a slow season for us too, not much hustle and bustle but that is ok. It was a very relaxed Christmas! Saying a prayer for your daughters recovery. ♥

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  5. I agree with you! I reluctantly stop celebrating Christmas after Epiphany. Then I spend the following few weeks remembering that the dark of winter is time for celebration in Scandinavia, and that it should be here too! Of course, I also like being able to say that it's too cold to do too much visiting and then staying home to quilt and knit!
    Have a wonderful New Year (and a speedy recovery for your daughter).

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  6. We didn't put up many decorations this year but the few that we did set around we've enjoyed thoroughly. I like Christmas lights ... I would be happy to have them up ALL year on the trees in our yard. Friends and neighbors over tonight for a small "party" which is more of a wind down than anything else. I like the ANTICIPATION of Christmas; perhaps it goes back to childhood. No snow (yet) in Northern Michigan but that will change soon. Hope your daughter is feeling better soon and very glad she's close so that you can mother her. That never stops .... thankfully. God's blessings for you and your entire family this coming new year. Linda

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  7. PS: I love, love, love your slippers. I usually get a new pair of Haflingers for Christmas each year but since we'd stopped exchanging gifts (we all have SO much already) I might just have to buy my own ;-)

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  8. Oh, yes! Christmas is a season to savor. I was happy to see that my neighbor 2 doors down across the street still has her lights up and dancing. My DH would be happy if I left the tree up all year long. The outdoor lights and the tree lights are good reminders that the True Light came into this dark world to give us hope. Maybe we can't leave those lights up all year, but as Mary did, we can treasure the remembrance in our hearts.

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  9. I hate ending Christmas although I will take my trees down tomorrow. I like to play Christmas music.

    Hope your daughter is feeling better soon.

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  10. Lovely! Every little bit of it. I'm feeling a little sad to see it go and already looking forward to the next one!

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