Wow! What a start to the year it was. Do you remember? Our lovely blogging friend Lori going through (what I expect will be) one of the hardest things she has or will ever have to do in this lifetime. Another blogger who lost her sister and then her family lost her. The Queensland floods. Those floods! And the tragedy that surrounded them. The cyclone in North Queensland. I'm sure there were more. It was such a devastating start to 2011.
In some ways it feels like so long ago and yet I wonder how it could be that it was ten months ago that these events floored us when it feels like yesterday.
My brain doesn't retain much these days between three children, a husband, the P&C and everything in between (which is why I'm glad I have a blog sometimes) but the feelings remain. The feeling I got when I heard about Lori and Lulu - both of who I had only just found in the blogging world - and when I heard and saw what was happening here in Queensland.
And now we're heading into Christmas territory. I think of those people who will be experiencing a new kind of Christmas this year, possibly without loved ones, in a new place, with new people but all the while remembering. Remembering what they had. What they lost. But also where they are now. How far they have come.
I think of friends who will be enjoying their first Christmas as a family of three. Friends who will be celebrating as newlyweds. Friends who see new things on the horizon.
Although I try to get prepared, I don't feel I can really concentrate on Christmas until we celebrate Gumboot Girl's birthday each year. So with that little success under our belts, I feel like holiday mode is starting to kick in.
This year we are sharing Christmas - it's so close I can almost feel it which is scary and exciting all at once - with some great friends down at the beach! Traditions are born from many a thing and I am secretly hoping this is where it starts for us!
The wind down of school and gymnastics and that feeling of knowing it's not long before we can breathe out and relax for a while. The warmer weather and the swimming in the pool, it's all in the lead up to what I think is going to be an amazing week for us! I can hardly wait!
What are you planning to do this year for Christmas? Do you already have a tradition or are you hoping to create a new one? Have you even thought about it yet or have you been planning it for months? Whatever you do, I hope you create your perfect Christmas!
I think of friends who will be enjoying their first Christmas as a family of three. Friends who will be celebrating as newlyweds. Friends who see new things on the horizon.
Although I try to get prepared, I don't feel I can really concentrate on Christmas until we celebrate Gumboot Girl's birthday each year. So with that little success under our belts, I feel like holiday mode is starting to kick in.
This year we are sharing Christmas - it's so close I can almost feel it which is scary and exciting all at once - with some great friends down at the beach! Traditions are born from many a thing and I am secretly hoping this is where it starts for us!
The wind down of school and gymnastics and that feeling of knowing it's not long before we can breathe out and relax for a while. The warmer weather and the swimming in the pool, it's all in the lead up to what I think is going to be an amazing week for us! I can hardly wait!
What are you planning to do this year for Christmas? Do you already have a tradition or are you hoping to create a new one? Have you even thought about it yet or have you been planning it for months? Whatever you do, I hope you create your perfect Christmas!
3 comments:
We alternate Christmas with my BIL and SIL. This year it is at our house and I haven't even started to think about it yet. TO me, November is just too early to be worrying about Christmas !!!!
Hopefully by the second week of December I will have my A into G and be doing something about it.
Would love to start a tradition of less is more as normally there is so much wastage with our meal.
If you don't mind the sand, love the beach thing but not of us like sand so we steer as far away as possible from the beach - ALWAYS !!
Have a great week !
Good for you for attempting a new tradition!
Going away in the first weeks of December is one for us - we hope to eventually creep it back so we're away over Christmas in adventurous years to come...
This year, what are we doing? NOTHING! Yes, for the first time, ummmm... ever. It's time. Time to put our family first and begin a tradition of relaxation and not going out. Mind you, that could all fizzle when our child says "I wanna go SEE everyone, I don't wanna be stuck here with just YOU two!" So we'll see how entertaining we can be.
Enjoy the beach, sounds delightful :)
Me - Oh I wish it was that simple for us. For the siblings to just alternate. It's sadly not the case here which is why I feel like we have to try something new. Between my brothers and I we have eight kids and they still never spend a Christmas together.
My dream of this happening has just been crushed over the years which is why we are trying something new. And yes, the beach isn't for everyone (usually not me either) but nobody can ever call me a pessimist. I'm full of hope that it will be my thing this year! :) Thanks for stopping by. :)
I hope you have a wonderful time, K. We like to stay at home (when we have Christmas here) at least in the morning so the girls can have time to enjoy their presents but sometimes I like visiting others too. That's why this seems like a win-win. :)
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