Sunday, December 26, 2010

Wrapping it up--

This time of year we do just that.  We finished the wrapping of gifts that are now unwrapped, the clutter is being cleared and we settle down to wrap up another year.  We remember events that happened to shaped our life for the last 365 days and we also remember events that have shaped our lives in years past.

Christmas gifts of a few years ago certainly weren't all the electronic marvels or the extravagance that seems the hype and hopes of all the Christmas retailers.  Even as a child we always had a Christmas tree and were thrilled with the presents we had to unwrap.  Mom and Dad, as we did for our boys, took advantage of the clothing needs at Christmas time as well.  Socks and underwear were always needed it seems and our boys were eager to unwrap the  presents under the tree knowing that some were no doubt disguised as socks and such.  Each pair of socks was wrapped separately so there seemed to be more gifts to unwrap!

One year Mom refused to put names on the packages under our tree as we always shook and felt to see if we could discern what it was and who it might be for. Christmas morning the packages still had no names but it was fun to choose something to unwrap and then laugh and exchange ones not meant for us.

This week all news channels have the best and worst events of 2010 reminding us of the joys and sad times throughout the world.  It's time for us to think of the not so good times and the joyous times of the past year with hopes that 2011 will have more of the latter ones.

My wish is that this will be an exciting new year in good health, with much happiness and lots of love in 2011!

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