Remembering Christmases of my youth; were spent at grandmas house; Sunday dinners and every "special occasion" whether it be birthdays, Easter or Christmas, she would cook up these big dinners while entertaining upwards of 8 to 20 a time.
Every Sunday, dinner for 8, of either pot roast, ham or chicken with ice cream or pie for dessert.
Whether you were family or not, you were welcomed as guests; and everyone would congregate in the kitchen rather than the family room (living-room.)
Oh, life was so rich back then, when "family" actually meant something; but not the broken down facsimile,/fractured families, lives we see today.
Lives are fractured by so many ways and means, it's almost too scarey, the thought of bringing up children in this world.
That is, until we remember, reflect on the cross of Christ who came to this earth as a baby, this to his humanness, that, though he was the King of all Kings, he wanted to show, be among HIS people, to feel, to bleed, the hurt, the shame, but then again, HE was and is; so much more.
This year; I wanted to start or carry on something that was started so many years ago, yet having said that, my responsibilities include; seeing that my ailing mom isn't forgotten in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season when everyone is going everywhere. In the simple, straight forward, she can't, so I want to bring Christmas to her!
Just having everyone get together, isn't quite the same as having Christmas together on Christmas Day or the night before, Christmas Eve. So let's bring Christmas to her.,
So the day before, the night before Christmas, I cooked up Christmas dinner, put it in dishes and am going to bring Christmas to her. Now, even though it with only be the four/five of us, in a special dinning room within her care home, this is the kind of Christmas I want my 4 year old to know.
Giving, helping those in need, those more in need than ourselves.
And though, financially, we might not have much, but when you turn it around, we are able to give thanks because we have each other, and that is more than many can say at this or any time of year!
Merry Christmas
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