I had a weird experience this Christmas season. I felt completely different from last year, when I was energetic, enthusiastic, and feeling that Christmas magic. This year? Ho hum. Is it over yet? I can’t figure out the difference, except that it seems to be an every-other-year thing with me. I can’t do the same thing twice in a row. I need space, breathing room. A Break. I’m sick today with a horrible cold, which I have been fighting off for a week. Today, I allowed it to try to kill me, as I lay on the couch ALL DAY with my sad book and my tea. I am ready for the spareness of January, the clean slate of a new year, the quietness of winter. I want to jump back into the normal routine of my every-day life. I want to listen to my "regular" music again! What is wrong with me this year? I hate feeling this way, but no amount of trying and striving and faking it has helped me.
Anyways, here are some photos from the season:
Look who is here!
I really loved seeing the pictures. I hope that your sadness goes away never to return. Because I want the Ally I know and love back.
Christmas on overload-our expectations of good cheer and family involvement and ‘God with us’ is too heavy for any season to bear. I’m NOT going to do it again. God is with us, He is the very center of our lives. And,as for all the rest-I’ll take the good cheer and family stuff spread out through the year. I love you, Ally, be of good cheer, for Christ has overcome the world.