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BlackPhx -> RE: 'Tis the season... (12/19/2008 10:19:45 AM)
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Long time ago before my sons were born..I feared Christmas time with good reason. It was rarely happy for more than minutes at a time. Then I had them, and I could do for them what was never done for me, give them a Happy Christmas and eventually I began to open my home to others who were without family or couldn't get to them and share it. But I still had times when I would look at all the happy faces in the Malls, and on TV movies and felt like someone looking through the Bakery Window while starving. I could see it, smell it, but I couldn't taste it..it was all illusion and beyond me to feel.
I learned. Through people who cared. they didn't have much, rarely the same belief's, but it was a time when "Me" was outweighed by "You" no matter what else was going on in their lives. Even if all they had was a sandwich they shared it. Finally I could go beyond the Bakery window and taste the delights.
It became:
A Friendly greeting
A Smile
A Childs eager delight seeing a winter wonderland open before them
A Candle lit chorus of joy
A Family of Friends
Sleeping Safe in my Masters arms
and this year...
Watching as so many people have come together as a family, in a time of economic fears to lend a caring shoulder, a gentle word, hope. Most of all the beautiful ladies and men here who are reaching out to give a Woman who has given all of us so much delight, encouragement and caring through the years a wonderful memory for the years to come of a Wedding to her beloved surrounded by the people she has touched.
This is what the season has become for me, the family and friends Blackphx and I have made on CM and in life..
A Season of Hope AND Joy...
Thank you all
poenkitten
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