Uncategorized 11 years ago Happy // Sad Christmas Wishes
I am often asked to write more on the blog, but rarely do I feel the need. You can only say so much about a pair of heels and I try to save my words for when they count most. I wanted to take a moment to wish you all an incredibly happy holiday season. Before we know it, December will have come and gone along with the joys {and sorrows} of the season that is meant to make us all the cheeriest. But what is it about Christmas that brings out so many different emotions? Is it the gifts under the tree, or the pressure to put gifts under the tree? Perhaps it is the lights in the windows that take you back to your first Christmas tree lighting? Maybe for you, it is the smell of a home cooked meal that reminds you there’s no place like Mom’s kitchen. Or the picturesque view of a snowman resting in your front yard that, when you were a child, seemed worthy of being magically brought to life. The holidays are happy, the holidays are sad. A funny thing happened the other day that gave me a clue as to why I, like many others, feel happy:sad during the holidays.
My sweet William {our English Bulldog} is extremely stand offish. Unlike our other dog, Polly, he sits in the corner observing the room and if he wants a butt rub he will rush past you wagging his tail. He never, and I mean never, will sit on your lap or cuddle. The husband and I were watching Fred Claus and out of the crystal clear blue sky, William jumped up on the couch {as we gasped in shock}, came over to me and sat on my lap and rested his head on my shoulder! You can imagine our astonishment. I knew that I had to 100000% take in this moment as it would probably be the only one so I wrapped my arms around him. I gave every ounce of love I had into holding my sweet baby. Every fiber of my being went in to trying to show William that I love him with all of my heart. We sat there for a few minutes and I was moved to tears. My William was showing me love. I was happy, but I was sad. I was happy, sad.
And that’s the exact same feeling I get during the holiday season. Happy, Sad. I truly believe we feel Happy, Sad during the holidays because that is what Christmas is all about. If you celebrate “Christmas” then that is where the entire idea stems from, we are celebrating “Christ” who has shown us an overwhelming, great love for us. It makes me happy, sad just as William’s great sign of his love made me happy, sad… just as so many other things in my life make me feel happy and sad during this wonderful time of year. I think it’s because love is such an overwhelming emotion that sometimes even the human race cannot fully absorb and accept its great power and meaning.
This holiday season, no matter where you live, what your faith or what brings you to feeling your “happy, sad”…I truly hope you will share your love with the people in your life who matter most. I wish for you to give to others and be kind to strangers. And if I had one Christmas wish, it would be for everyone to feel the same overwhelming love that I received just from simply hugging my sweet William Potato.
Thanks for reading.
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