If ever your accomplishment is deception-you have won at being a counterfeit but have failed at impacting life with the uniqueness only you bring to this world. Don't fill your moments re-living someone else's days and life. One day you'll wake up void wondering what you truly would have done, had your life been your own. And you'll be angry at those who encouraged you to be someone other than yourself. Manufactured occasions leave you absent of the fulfillment of genuine relationships and yes precious memories. Why? Because they are not yours they are someone Else's. ~Thoughts on why we encourage young women and girls to be themselves and love who they are.
Christmas day was great. I didn't go to bed until the wee hours again and needless to say I was wrapping gifts at 4:30 that morning as the children rose ready to open their presents. It probably would be useless to most to continue wrapping when everyone would open them minutes after but I did so anyway. I like to do it and wrapping gifts is as much a part of the Christmas festivities as decorating the tree. And just as Christmas day was fun so was the day after. We followed up Christmas dinner with a fish fry and a game of spades. It was great and me and my partner won the game. We had great time laughing and kidding with each other. We listened to music and sang along. Nothing like those oldies but goodies. We all took part from the oldest to the youngest adding our voices to the music. To outsiders it may have seemed like no big deal but to me it was as much a part of loving each others as was the gift giving. I sat back and thought that's what ...
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