Archives
some musings
I made a decision for myself this year that there was nothing that anyone could possibly get me for Christmas that I needed, or if I wanted it bad enough that I wouldn't have already purchased it. I came up with the idea for myself that whoever had my name would buy for a needy child at my niece's elementary school, picking a name off the "Teddy Bear Tree". All of the adults in my family decided this was a good way to go. So the 50-60 dollars that was normally spent by each of us on each other, was spent on a needy child. (We usually would draw names among the adults and spend 50-60 dollars on each other.) As a family last night, we all went out to dinner and then went shopping for our "Teddy Bear" gifts. My parents and I had a family of 3 children. The 6 year old is in first grade at the school, and he has 2 brothers, one aged 2½, and one aged 1. We each spent our Christmas money on them buying them clothes, shoes, socks, a toy that they wanted, etc. We ended the evening at 1:30 am this morning at my nieces wrapping and tagging the gifts getting them ready to take to the school on Tuesday. I feel as if I got something accomplished yesterday! My Christmas season is finally here. I have so many things to be thankful for.
lab2401 at 12:01:00 PM EST Blog about this entry |
Add to del.icio.us | 
digg this
-
What a beautiful "All About Me" that is and what a wonderful looking family! Enjoy your week - I've just created my blog here on AOL and happened upon yours.
*kiss* -
I like the idea of giving back to others when you know you have enough. That's what the season is all about. I love your decription of a lullaby. Wouldn't the world be a much nicer place if we all had our own private lullaby's to sooth our souls when needed. My journal is called Jukebox Woman.
-
what a beautiful family photo and how smart to color coordinate the branches of your family. You all look so happy, you are lucky.
12/15/03 7:44 PM
And I'm truly sorry about your husband, but I guess if one is going to die (and we all are some day), doing so quickly and painlessly in a loved one's arms is the way to go.