Yet we continue to address each holiday season with fresh expectations, for ourselves and for the young ones near and dear. We want for them the special magic of the season. We hope for their memories to be recalled years after. We hope to redress the failed holidays of yore and somehow make them better; repair them. But we can’t.
It is times like these when so many people – our neighbors and families – are struggling with financial realities which crimp the season’s spirit. Yet we try. We gather. We share mirth and warm reunions. We share special foods, themselves a memory blanket of many years aweaving! And the gifts are shared, too, but now they are of lesser importance. What remains high on our list is the value each of us brings to the roles we play in each others’ lives. The communion of family and dearest friends.
Hardship makes this message much more meaningful.
May this be a special time for you to reconnect to the loves of your life. That is the center of this season. Love. Peace. Hope. For now and the future.
May it all be yours!
December 24, 2011
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