This Christmas was my most favorite Christmas EVER!
Why? Because I took time to live in the moment!
Every other year I would be thinking about what I would
be doing the next day, next hour or next minute and not
enjoying the time I had with family and friends.
This year, I went back to Minnesota to visit my grandkids
early. My husband and I got a good price on airline tickets
earlier in the month and decided we would go back and
have Christmas early.
On Saturday, we took our three grandchildren with us
to a Christmas production called, "Christmas Celebration"
by Lowell Lundstrom's church in Burnsville, MN.
I highly recommend it!
My little grandson, Colby laughed so hard when one of the actors
was performing his "hat" production. He was taking
on the personality of the hat. He had the hat of an old
man. It's looked like an old fishing hat and old man would
wear. Anyway, he'd be carrying on a conversation
to the audience, with his cane in his hand and then
he'd stop and look around and say, "You kids
get out of here." And then he'd look back at
the audience and say, "I love kids". Colby
laughed so hard. He was still talking about it and
laughing days later.
Then, we headed to Walmart to take them to pick our
their Christmas gifts. We gave them a limit and told them
to find what they wanted. This was SO GREAT because
I didn't have to figure out what they wanted and
didn't have to wrap it either! This was the most
enjoyable time, seeing them pick out what they wanted!
We then had to head to GameStop because Zach our
oldest grandson, couldn't find anything at Walmart.
He's 14 and had his eye on a videogame. So, off to
GameStop we headed.
After he picked out his game, we headed to Culvers for
some good food and one of my favorite ice cream places.
If you've never had Culver's ice cream, you don't know what
you are missing!
Finally, it was getting late and we headed back home and
spent the next couple hours just talking, playing games and
re-enacting the old man's hat scene!
This was the most memorable and my favorite Christmas
of all because I took time to listen to my kids and grandkids.
I savored each moment with them. I asked them questions
about what colors they liked and what was their favorite food.
I was amazed at how much they enjoyed that!
We spent the next few days making cookies, playing games,
videotaping funny commercials. I spent some time sewing
a stuffed doll and cat for Sarah. We didn't have a pattern
so we winged it! We used Teko their little dog for our guide!
That was a blast. We laughed so hard when the tail ended up
longer than the body and the head looked like an owl. We ended
up doing a couple surgeries, like Sarah said.
Forever these memories will be in my heart and mind.
I have etched them there for all eternity! It didn't happen by
accident, it happened on purpose. I purposed to "be in moment" with
them. When my mind would wonder to what I should or could
be doing the next day, hour or minute, I brought it back to that
moment. For that is truly all we really ever have... is this moment.
Are you savoring every moment? Are you making memories
that will last for an eternity?
If not, considering trying it. It pays big dividends!
Until next time...
Linda Cross
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