Many of us are looking at the Christmas ornament hanging on our tree that we made in third grade.
We made that ornament for our parents at school the week before Christmas.
They were more excited getting it than we were making it. From that Christmas and probably the next thirty years they proudly hung that ornament on their tree.
The ornament faded through time, the tree got smaller and our parents grew older.
Finally one day you opened a box of things that once belonged to them. Sitting proudly on top is the Christmas ornament you made for mommy and daddy all those years ago.
…and on your tree are the ornaments your children made just recently. Tucked away towards the bottom rear branches is yours.
The circle of life…..
Christmas is a time to look back. Look back and remember the time that made you who you are…. Sensitive, grumpy, sentimental or humbug.
We look back and remember the white snowy Christmas mornings and the rainy Christmas eves. The road trips to Gramma’s or the walk through the neighborhood to Uncle Joe’s.
For many of us our memories evoke the love of our parents. This is a good thing….
It was just yesterday my dad had WGN on and Muppets “Twelve Days of Christmas” came on the radio. He turned it up and said it was the best rendition of this song ever made…. Christmas Memories!
Or the Christmas I served mass and my mom directed the choir. She had children ring bells on “Glory of the Bells,” the whole church applauded my mom…. Christmas Memories!
Never forget to put the faded ornament on your tree and please, hug everyone that you love. It might be the last Christmas hug you have with them…
