So I’m sitting here listening to Harry Connick Jr. singing “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve.” The house lights are down, the tree and fireplace lights are up. The kidlets are cleaning up the last of the Christmas Day Eve burritos, which are dad’s specialty, and I am sitting at my desk listening to it all (now The King’s Singers are singing “Lullay”).
And I am thankful for less money this year because it made me have to let go. Made my kids have to let go. Couldn’t go nuts on neighbor gifts, couldn’t run around all crazy-pants trying to find little friend gifts. Couldn’t zip around town trying to find that perfect orange cranberry sauce to serve along side the chestnut stuffing. Couldn’t wrack my brain to find the perfect gift for the impossible-to-buy-for Muffinhead (a.k.a., my husband.) This year we just had to be satisfied. And it was so peaceful.
Everyone started living in now. Enjoying what we already have. Noticing we have plenty to be grateful for. Hub and I got creative. Gave up gifts to each other to give gifts to our children. They were happy for simple things and spent time enjoying each other’s company, coming up with silly entertainment. Lots of laughter this year. (Though it took them a minute to get to this point. We broke them in to the news of a small Christmas a few months ago so they could get used to the idea. Good on them that they did.)
I’m liking this. And I’m going to try to stretch it to the rest of my life. Because frankly, being stressed out over lack of funds didn’t suddenly make the funds appear. And we were much happier. So yeah. I think it’s the way to be.
Love and Merry Christmas to you and yours. And I hope you have all you need and plenty of joy.
Peace
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