It's Beginning to Look....

A lot like Christmas, so the song goes. However it may be that this is not your favorite time of the year. Perhaps you've lost a loved one and this is your first Christmas without them. Perhaps you've been busy with parental concerns that have taken your attention away from the season.

I've had my tree up since December 1st and my Christmas shopping was just completed. Yet the season has escaped me in a way because my focus has been on my mom and her care and needs. Now we learn she won't be home til Jan 3 or 4.

Christmas is found in the lights, the trees, the trim and I'm thinking the most important place is to find it in our hearts. Like everything, our thoughts are creative. We can create a wonderful experience or a sad one. It's okay to be sad over the absence of a beloved one. Feel the sadness and then move to the joy of Christmas pasts and bring that into the moment. Your beloved is happy in their next experience of life and they want you to be happy in this one.
Pic.. I look happy here.. and that is the feeling I want to bring alive in me today. Will you join me?