Time is a beautiful gift

This time of year my anxiety kicks into over drive....the stores are busy stocking decorations and everything is oh so wonderful....Deck the Halls and Fa La la keep playing in my mind. I look with wonder and oh my gosh that would be so perfect....but is it? As sugar plums dance in my head....and the smell of for boughs linger all around me......I think of Who-ville & the Grinch and how he stole Christmas....but did he?

“And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: 'How could it be so?'
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
It came without packages, boxes or bags!
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store.' "

Sometimes I catch myself getting all caught up in the fa La La and need to remember that the holidays are not about gifts and ribbons and bows...but more about spending quality time with friends and family....and giving to those less fortunate then myself.

Time is the beautiful gift we are all given in life. ... The time and experience you spend with someone shows its meaning. The time that you set aside to commit to something can never be replaced. Time is the best thing you can share with someone. Time is the gift that we all have.

Grow, Harvest, Cook, Eat

Jenn