End of Christmas Break
This may be the most sentimental of all my posts. I will confess to a certain sadness that looms over me every year at the end of Christmas break. It started when I was a child in school and the thought of getting back into the daily grind of homework, getting up early, and losing that freedom that comes from having almost no responsibilities left a pall on my young life. I’ve learned that the feelings I experience as a mom are exactly the same as those I felt as a child. I really, really, really don’t want this break to be over. I don’t want to get up early in the morning. I don’t want to drive carpool and I don’t want to be in the car all the time for all the after school activities.
I LIKE being at home with my family. I don’t mind if they come and go as they visit their friends and go out to do fun things. But I do mind the demands that school places and I don’t want this break to end.
I will confess that this has been one of my best Christmas’s ever. I mean that. There were so many little things that added up to make it so great. There were a few downers, but all in all, it was a very, very good Christmas. What I learned is that my attitude about everything related to Christmas is what made the difference. I decided up front that no matter how busy everything got, I wasn’t going to be stressed by it all. I also made a commitment to focus on Christ, and the true meaning of Christmas throughout the holidays. Since money is tight for all of us this year, I wanted to make sure the kids knew what was really important to me….and it’s that Christ came to earth to live a sacrificial life in order to show mercy to us.
And I made it. I won’t confess the times that I slipped up and began to let the pressure get to me. But will confess that they happened….the difference is that I didn’t let those moments define the holiday in my mind. I made the conscious choice to focus on all the positive things that happened this year.
I pray that your holiday was fabulous, whether it was quiet and holy or loud and full of fun.
Happy New Year everyone!
My one nod to New Years Resolutions is this: I will walk every day in 2009 for at least 30 minutes a day. That’s it. I’m making no other life changing promises. I think this one’s enough to get me on the road to health and happiness this year.
May God bless you all as you live each day of 2009.
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