From one of my most favorite
paintings by D. Morgan is a Christmas
sentiment I love dearly:
"Dear Santa...Are you still the same dear man I knew so long ago? Does Mrs. Claus still mend your suit and pack your bag to go? I knew the bells on reindeer hoof and felt the snow crunch on my roof. I ran to peek in at the tree (that breathless little child was me.) How marvelously jolly round, you stilled my heart without a sound. How quiet you were beside the tree, you drank the cocoa there from me. Now with values rearranged, please don't tell me you have changed. Does Mrs. Claus still mend your suit and pack your bag to go? Are you still the same dear man I knew so long ago?"
The world will never be as
perfect for us grown-ups as it is in the eyes of children on Christmas morning.
I know that Christmas is the time
we celebrate the gift of the Christchild.
His birth is more than a symbol of a holiday. He is our joy and our salvation.
I wish you all the joy and happiness
this season can bring. Let us remember
in our thoughts and prayers all the military service men and women deployed on
foreign soil that are protecting our freedom and cannot be with their loved
ones this Christmas and keep in our hearts all the families that are no longer
whole because they have lost a loved one.
I will be packing up the PT
Cruiser and loading up my furkid, Sophie The Dog, for a visit with my long-time
friend at the beach over the Christmas holiday and will not be posting anything
for a few days.
I wish you and yours a Christmas
abundant in God’s blessings, full of simple joys and warm in the presence of
love.
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