Every year I swear I won't let it come to this. The franticness that happens right before Christmas when I realize there is not enough time in the day to accomplish what I want to get done before that day. Add to it 6-8 weeks of random illness and not only do I not feel ready for Christmas, but I feel unprepared to handle all the day to day stuff that I am really behind on.
I keep reminding my kids why we celebrate Christmas. That it is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. And that is the most important thing. But I love all the traditions of Christmas. I love making candy and cookies and pumpkin bread. I love shopping and finding the perfect presents for people. I love building gingerbread houses with my kids every year. I love sending out cards with personal messages on them. I love driving and looking and the lights, going to Zoolights. I love all of it.
Ever since having kids though, I come to a point when I realize I just cannot do it all. Something has to be let go of. I haven't quite figured out what that is going to be. And in the end, my kids will have a great time even if we don't get to do everything on my list. And I will get over it and tell myself, next year I will do things differently. And I might. I won't promise anything but I might.
So this week, as we are frantically trying to fit everything in, my prayer is that we will be able to stop and take time to remember why we go through all this craziness. And to be able to enjoy as much of it as we can.
Let me know if there is anything specific I can pray for you this week.
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