I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your loved ones! N and I really enjoyed our trip to Kentucky last week to be with his family to celebrate the holiday. We ate a lot, watched movies, helped decorate for Christmas, spent quality time with each other, and relaxed. I did not touch a computer or get online for 3 days straight...that was most definitely blissful for me! I needed to un-plug. We also got to see the new Muppets movie that I have blogged about a couple of times. It was a really good movie; I felt like I was seeing my old friends! I will forever love Miss Piggy and her extreme self confidence, Kermit's faithfulness to his friends, and Fozzy's determination to be happy.
Time spent away really makes me let go. If I had 4 days at home, I would feel the need to work on projects, conquer to-do lists, and be productive. When I go away, I let myself read magazines, watch television, chat with N more...it is a really good way to recharge, especially before the bustle of the Christmas season that is coming up so soon.
As I look at the remainder of my 2011 calendar that is filling up so quickly, I am bracing myself for a crazy month ahead. But, I am so so blessed by it. I am glad for the yule-tide activities, occasions to greet friends and family, and time to celebrate our ultimate gift: Jesus. I am blessed that I do not feel a need to attend a Blue Christmas service, that I do not feel lonely rather than fulfilled, that I am not searching for a place to go to celebrate with loved ones.
May your upcoming holiday season be blissful and not stressful; uplifting and not sad; loving and not loathing. Look around in thanks for what you have and who you are!
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