It's that time of year again. The Holidays.
Admittedly, Christmas music has been playing in my house for weeks now. Along with a few select Christmas videos.
I figured, the girls were ready. And I...well, I'm sleep-deprived enough to give in without too much of a fight. Besides the fact that I love everything about this time of year. :) So "tis the season" has been happening around my home for a while now.
But I've been thinking.
Because it seems this time of year...Thanksgiving and Christmas... comes and goes before I even have a chance to take a deep breath. Even when we take the initiative to cut back on traveling, to cut back on spending, to just sit and relax as together a family...even then, November and December seem to race by regardless.
I'm left feeling like the Holidays, though we celebrated them, passed us by without much impact. Seriously, I think it happens every year... I go to bed on December 25th and ask Jet, "Is it really over already?!"
And so I've been thinking and thinking.... How can I make these next few weeks special. memorable. meaningful for my girls?
How can I stretch out the holiday for us as a family? to not just have it all end after the presents are opened Christmas morning... to not just have it be all about the presents... to use this time as an opportunity to celebrate the spirit of thanksgiving, the spirit of giving, the life of Jesus, and joy in the moment all at the same time.
And so I think.
