Holiday!

Lights. trees. traffic. shoppers. cookies. candles. gifts. peace. ornaments. families. holly. music. wrapping paper. smiles. hugs. giving. going the extra mile. coffee. pine needles. snow. glitter. frosting. The holidays are here!
I am caught in disbelief, as I am each year at this time, that Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas is rapidly approaching. I love the hustle and bustle of the holiday season! For the most part people are extra cheerful and giving. There seems to be an extra tolerance-well for some that is. Over all Christmas has always been my most favorite time of year.
I love to shop, wrap gifts, run here and there. Decorate the Christmas tree and bake. I love to bake at Christmas time! This though is I believe the first Christmas that I have wanted to incorporate something a little different. Simplicity.
We make things so complicated with our lists and party dates. Our shopping has to be done, gift bought, wrapped, given, done. The entire holiday season has become one big have to-do list that comes and goes right before our eyes.
I love to sit and stare at the Christmas tree. To watch the light reflect of the tinsel and cast shadows of pine needles wall. To inspect each unique ornament and rediscover the memory it marks. To just sit and remember and daydream. To be thankful, to be hopeful.
This is a simple holiday, an unforgettable holiday.

Words of Writting

It is a rare treasure these days when I find the time to sit down and write. I miss the nights I had energy enough to stay up and scribble in my journal or let my fingers dance across the keyboard. I miss the daily journal I used to keep. I miss letting my fingers type each and every word that comes to my mind.
There is so much to write about and so much to capture I am sometimes afraid my mind will never be able to remember it all. So I snap pictures right and left, scribble notes here and there hoping that someday it will end up in a scrapbook or a letter. Maybe a magazine or the newspaper!
Words are like snowflakes, writing like a blanket of snow. The words pile on top of each other and tumble over creating glistening, crisp landscape. A beautiful story, a compelling speech, a heartfelt letter, a heartbreaking song. For some a masterpiece to be displayed and others a bundle of notebooks and papers shoved into a long forgotten box.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much then must a word be worth? A thousand sunsets, a million rain drops, one hundred smiles...