A New Found Love of The Holiday Season

The sun finally came out today and it is very cold.  What can I say it is winter weather for the north.  December is passing quickly and so far it has been a fun month.  We are having fun with friends and enjoying all the Christmas festivities going on in the community.  I have really enjoyed this Christmas season since I am feeling very well these days.  A special thanks to those lady health care professionals who have been helping me get healthy.  I had forgotten what it was like to feel good.

I am blessed that I let my faith in God guide me to a happy and well life.  I remember a verse that I heard a lot as a child, "God helps those who help themselves."  It is not really a bible verse but, I believe it to mean that if we really want to change we will do what we can to help our self.  I have put forth great effort this year to take of myself and the payoff has been good.  I have also inspired some people that are very close to me to help themselves.  My holiday wish is to inspire more people to realize that their worth begins with taking responsibility for their own health and happiness.

Yesterday would have been my mother's birthday.  She would have been 81 years old.  I had fun yesterday for her.  I went Christmas shopping and celebrated quietly by myself as I remembered some traditions that she instilled in me.  Her OCPD of course ruled her life and we dared not alter any tradition that she had set forth and it made holidays difficult at times.  I now am able to see past the perfectionism of it all and find the beauty in what she did.  She loved Christmas shopping and beautifully wrapping the gifts.  The bows were all handmade and the wrapping paper cut and precisely placed on boxes.  They were her beautiful creations and I remember her smiling at the satisfaction it brought her.  I miss the beauty of those presents but, I am at peace now with myself.  I know that I am allowed to have my own creations with my own flare.  They are not perfect but, they are my creations and I will smile as I put them under my tree that is slightly leaning to the right.  LOL!  I finally have found that love she had for Christmas.  I hope she is smiling down from heaven.

Well it is time to bundle up and enjoy the sunshine.  Hope where ever you are you are enjoying the holiday season.  

Life is beautiful !!

  Elizabeth :)